SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
17 Jul 2024, 13:21#3
Disagree he is a good player - aggressive, physical and gets stuck in.
17 Jul 2024, 13:24#4
Funny enough Vermaak and Nortje was invited to the alignment camps ….but as it turns out for nothing…only Rassie will know what he is trying to do or achieve….but with stupid selections like this team vs Portugal, it doesn’t look very bright.
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
17 Jul 2024, 13:25#5
Your stats are outdated - one only needs to look at Nortje vs Moerat size wise to conclude that Moerat is far bulkier and all of 9kg heavier
Salmaan MOERAT South Africa Flag 26 years, Lock
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Bio
Salmaan MOERAT is a 26-year-old South African rugby player standing at 2 m tall (6 ft 7 in) and weighing in at 122 kg (19 st 2.96 lb; 268.96 lb) , who currently plays for Stormers in South Africa as lock.
Nationality #1
Drapeau South Africa South Africa
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Drapeau South Africa South Africa
Career
Stormers (2017 - 2024)
Occupied positions by Salmaan on start team :
Lock : 38 times ( Lock #4 89%, Lock #5 11% )
17 Jul 2024, 14:45#6
A Moerat is not better than a Ruben v Heerden,Nortje, Vermaak or Adre smith …alone that he is picked and not them, speaks only for one thing , affirmative action….bloody Politics endorsed by this disgusting Government…. It otherwise makes no sense as all of those locks out performs him by a country mile….that’s a fact!
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
17 Jul 2024, 14:48#7
Bullshit Moerat is as good as those players without doubt
17 Jul 2024, 14:52#8
Really in the two games we saw him play for the Boks of the bench he was mediocre and could not make a impact….but ok let’s see how he goes as he will most probably get more game time now that Mostert is out injured…if he performs well against OZ and AB then i will take the egg.
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
17 Jul 2024, 15:49#11
Rugby ignorance prevails as ever - I mean you clowns rate Mostert
Enough said
Just to point out how rugby ignorant you lot are you are bitching about him being the captain - well bright sparks given the 15 selected who the fuck else would be captain huh?
The only other player to captain a side is Thomas and Buthelezi has on occasion so given this fact it makes perfect sense that Moerat is the captain having captained the Baby Boks and the Stormers for a few seasons now.
As Rassie mentioned - Moerat is a natural leader and a good rugby player
17 Jul 2024, 17:10#13
Kitsie was the regular Captain and lead the stormers when they won the URC title ….after Kitshoff left they announced Moetat as captain for the 23/24 season….because he is also a injury prone player, he hasn’t been Captain for that long and does not justify his selection at Bok level.
Dobbo used players like Fourie or Neethling Fouche a lot as Captain….Rassies Agenda is mostly to appease a Corrupt Government, that has managed to Destroy a South Africa to the condition it’s in now.
So excuse us if we not happy with a yet again, politically motivated move by Eluckmiss….. his selections sucks ass big time and is not to be taking serious…the same counts for the appointment of Siya Kollisi.
He was picked , although there was much better options like Thor that mostly played a whole 80 mins ….where Golden boy can hardly play 50 min….it’s as clear as daylight that SA Rugby is directed by the Government.
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
17 Jul 2024, 23:19#17
All a load of shit Moerat is a good lock - I’d take him over Mostert and Orie anyday
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
17 Jul 2024, 23:55#19
As is Mostert a complete physical liability
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
18 Jul 2024, 08:56#22
Oh for fuck sake do you honestly think losing the useless Mostert was the reason we lost the test?
RG was far better than Mostert ever was and will prove that beyond doubt by the end of the RC
Mostert is history - RG will start and all I can say is thank fuck
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
18 Jul 2024, 11:23#24
AJ wake the fuck up it’s not personal he is just a sad excuse for a test lock
What part of him not being physical enough for the role do you not get?
I’m not stupid enough to be taken in by all his heart and energy and all his lovely process tackles
Fuck me as a bear minimum a Bok lock needs some grunt
Mostert is shit - a physical liability end of. Physicality aside he is a bog ordinary player - name a single instance where he has impressed with ball in hand or made a great pass or run a great line? If he is a lightweight like he is then he should then be a special rugby player in other aspects
He is NOT so what does he actually offer? Line out takes and 15 tackles a game - are those tackles the job of a lock huh?
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
18 Jul 2024, 13:57#28
Bear minimum lol
Bare bare
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
18 Jul 2024, 13:59#29
Jason Jenkins is the closest thing to Eben followed by Ruan Vermaak, Moerat and Andre Smith
There will never be another Eben but these 4 are good
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
18 Jul 2024, 18:18#32
AJ you seemed to have missed the point I don’t give a toss what anyone on here thinks of Mostert I’m not stupid enough to buy into the heart and energy - I see past that with his zero physical productivity
A lack of physicality might be excusable as say an openside or an attacking minded bench hooker but not your lock. There is zero justification for a gruntless test lock especially in a Bok pack. What makes things worse is that Mostert is not even a gifted rugby player. There is absolutely nothing special about him.
I’ve said this numerous times, Rassie is by some distance the best coach we have ever had but he is not perfect - not by any stretch. His investment in useless Mostert is his biggest failing along with Orie and not investing in the likes of the du Preez twins, Jenkins, Wilco, Thomas, showing faith in Roos, his non selection of David Kriel and Ruben v Heerden
I do take comfort in the fact that Rassie is not completely blinded by Mostert in that he did realise that the more physical Lood was a better option and so at least picked a fit Lood ahead of Mostert
What I do find strange though is that RG is better than Lood so why is RG not starting ahead of useless Mostert? I can only think it’s because RG has been out of action for so long
Mostert in my books is not even ordinary he is shit - he would not make my Bok squad of 100 players and I mean that sincerely
I only select real locks in my squad