Frans beats 5 defenders, scores 2 tries and makes all 9 tackle attempts

.....as Montpelllier beats Clermont. How is this kind of experience not valuable when the best option available is Allende.

This from Craig Lewis: .. The Springboks have missed a trick by overlooking the value that Duane Vermeulen and Frans Steyn could have added to the end-of-year tour, writes CRAIG LEWIS. On Saturday, the Boks will kick off their European tour against Ireland – a team that is now ahead of South Africa in the world rankings, and who will be regarded as favourites at home. It’s a clash that will set the tone for the remainder of the Boks’ tour. Win, and there is every reason to believe they could achieve their goal of four end-of-year victories. But lose, and the inevitable criticism will be that the Springboks failed to come up trumps in their ‘headline’ fixture of the tour. No one will need reminding about the Boks’ nightmare winless end-of-year tour in 2016, and while they have come a long way since then, they have again headed to Europe with a squad short on experience and on leadership in a couple of key positions. One doesn’t have to look too far to realise that the Boks are lacking specialist depth at No 8 and inside centre. With this in mind, it seems such a waste that Vermeulen and Steyn continue to be overlooked.