Fassi puts away Roos…

….in a clear try scoring position. But Dweba runs over him for a try. What do we make of that?

Interesting game. The ball handling was  better than we see from the Boks. But the defense, particulately the goal line defense is 2 leagues weaker. Likewise ball protection.

Hard to say who looks like a future Bok. Certainly Fouche is a hell of a performer in general play. Roos is not improving much, he looks pretty ordinary out there. On the day Old man Coetzee at the Bools looked better than any of the youngsters. And Bongi was perhaps our most convincing right forward when he came on.

Among the backs Venter looks good and Goosen  is having a great Indian summer at the Bools. Kriel seems to have found confidence after his brother did well at the WC. Gelant and Fassi had their usual mixed performances, they just don’t inspire confidence even if there are a few good touches.

Roos is back after a jaw fracture and got hit in the head...dat die bloed spat...illegal tackle, penalty try...and Dweba's vettie momentum bounced over the line for the try...not much running involved there...

Give Roos a bit of time...it looks like he's your next pet hate...good for him, if PSDT's career is anything to go by...

My mistake …thanks for the Kriel correction Dave.

Stop whining Draad, I have nothing against Roos….but I can’t see  signs of progress. Five meters out a flank on a fullback could have made a better effort. 

"Stop whining Draad, I have nothing against Roos….but I can’t see  signs of progress. Five meters out a flank on a fullback could have made a better effort. 

You're the one constantly complaining like a little girl...you've got valid points, but you seem to get lost in some sort of glass half empty BS all the time.

Not the glass half empty…..the ‘we could be better’ philosophy. A passion for improvement, to be all that you can be, versus being a groupie.

We won WC2007  and then basically disappeared as a factor for 12 years, with a mediocre win/loss record. Why? Because having won the WC every participant was allowed to indulge their wishes. Luke Watson’s selection was a prime example.

If we had a winning  philosophy we would have kept Jake and looked for ways to be even better. When we won WC 2019…our ambition should have been to confirm that win, but again the following years had an  unfocused Erasmus, who immediately handed over the reigns.

Now he is committed for 4 years, at least one good thing….as is the hiring of competent backline help, something we should have done 4 years ago.

With the addition of  huge new talent pools to the Bok cause we have become more formidable. Our ambitions should shift accordingly higher. We should start to think like winners.

If we had kept Jake it would have been a disaster for Springbok rugby - so lets forget about the IF  story.    IF never happened.   Based on the fact that White did not get the Aussie coaching job  - he breached his contract with the Brumbies and the next year he was appointed for a year and got fired becaue he buggered up badly as a coach.   In any event White is a one-dimensional coach - of backline coaching he has zero knowledge.

So lets play Mozart's IF game - IF Erasmus was appointed in 2012 instead of Meyer - SA  would have won the 2015 RWC as well.             

Nah…he needed Meyer’s team, an amazing  11 of his WC starters were groomed by HM.