Then of course they ignore everything good the guy did which earned him a good game rating as we saw.
So tell us what good Alkende did beyond the bare minimum expected of him on Saturday, Beeno. Bring some substance to your claims for once.
I loved the first hit up by Damian. He gets dumped. Literally. No, it was another Damian farce. He put out a traditional Damian performance. Underpowered, weak in the upper body, poor in the tackle, unable to read the game, and he exhibited a dangerous bobbly pass in out 22 as well. Damian was dominated. He was exposed. Emotional and highly dishonest Saffers rated this team highly on the day. Damian gets a 1, and nobody else is higher than a 5.
I see all the Erasputin disciplines crying that the team of the tournament isn't loaded with Boks. They can't understand it. Why not Pollard instead of Mo'unga? Well, look at the stats. Why not Kolisi? Why not Damian, or Steph. They can't see the forest for the trees. The same faces who have ignored and defended lapses that have cost the Boks are the same faces who will not accept that Damian had a bad game, or that he wasn't very good throughout the tournament. This was actually the worst string of performances from a Bok side in a WC. Even though Mostert was the star of the Boks, I wouldn't even select him for any all XV.
And one poor read does not define how great he has been for the Boks
One poor read? If he wasn't playing in a enclosed space, every game Damian plays in would see a search and rescue to recover him post game, as he'd wander off at the very first assignment and become lost in the wilderness searching for his man. Days turn to months, and a bewildered and ragged Damian would be found staggering around believing his rescuer is the Mo'unga he's been looking for, or perhaps the Nonu he's been chasing down since 2015.