After recently returning to training following an arm injury, he has now suffered a freak accident and broke his leg.
It is unlikely he will make the B&I Lions squad.
Never nice to see injuries to a player. Injuries aside, he should never be in contention for a spot. RG's the best lock in world rugby and his time is overdue.
Agreed....Snyman needs to be taken seriously. Hard luck on Lomp, but he won’t be missed. This from the Mail’s player ratings in the 2015 semi...
Lood de Jager 6
Brushed off by Jerome Kaino for New Zealand’s sixth minute try – not what you expect from an 18st13lb lock.
Mozart
You should really clean up your act and start he honest what happened in matches.
Lood is routinely out muscled. He is big, not strong. Exerts weight against the weaker minnows, is languid and the worst hands. Mostert has more value, so too Steph. We don't need passive unskilled players with poor mobility. Want to play a more dynamic modern game? You need versatile skills at lock. RG is big, strong, explosive, ballsy and competitive. A man who wants to impose himself on the opposition. We need more of that. Too many passive happy-to-be-there types.
Have to agree that Mostert will not give you go forward ball, but why does coaches pick him?
He does have a very high work rate and covers a lot of ground. Very mobile and gets to the break down quickly to secure ruck balls.
But not sure what else he ads other than his work rate
I agree that RG is by far way better. Ranks up there with Brodie. Like the fact that RG has ball skills and the way he runs as a first or 2nd receiver in broken play.
Also really physical. Ja, light weight locks are a thing of the past
Replaced Mostert with Lomp? You mean he tried to replace Mostert with Lomp. But the moment Vunipola knocked him over Lomp was toast ...and not a moment too soon, on came Mostert to lead the goal line stand and total Bok defence for the WC final.
Light weight locks are a thing of the past? Tell that to Itoje....real rugby players are always effective. And if you are confused about what Mostert adds Corn, read this WC stat, off the bench Mostert is still in the top 5 lineout stealers.
1 Guido Pagadizabal (Argentina) – 5
2 Izack Rodda (Australia) – 5
3 Shannon Frizell (New Zealand) – 4
4 Franco Mostert (South Africa) – 3
5 James Ryan (Ireland) – 3
Mostert is not a freight train of a carrier, but neither is Lood. Lood, Steph and Damian... three unimpressive carriers who don't get you momentum. Splatballers for very stodgy phase play. Mostert does everything to a high standard. Phenomenal tackler and decision maker. Stronger than those other pretenders.
Mostert is a thinking man’s lock, which is why so many unthinking men don’t appreciate him.
You can't defend Mostert with a cluster of defenders, because he won't simply run into the first man he sees. Against Damian and Lood as well as Steph, you can afford to put three or more players on them because it's only going to ground. Then our cleaners have a mission getting that ball back cleanly. Watch the Damian compilation I posted before, poor ball presentation and body position in contact made for slower ball. The Saffy and Damme Omlett types like watching a solitary man flop into a sweaty pile of men. Makes one wonder...
Damien getting dragged into a conversation about locks?
Well Dud runs like a lock. Augie I agree Mostert doesn’t die with the ball. Playing for Erasmus his offloading skills are negated....it’s all 3 man pods and a cloud of dust. But for the Lions this guy shows superb hands.
But we never had your two locks for long did we? Lomp made very little contribution in the final, Mostert carried the load. And Itoje is much more effective than Dud.
Itoje is a competitive game changer, Steph is not. Steph is a myth, his WPOTYW was nothing more than a popularity award, giving the fans their media darling. Steph doesn't even rank in the top 15 loose forwards of Super rugby. Now, that was a fact! Number 17 of flanks. The likes of Damian, Steph, Kolisi were carried by our real core: Pollard, Beast, Thor, Eben, Mostert, Louw et al.
McCaw is hyped....but Luke Watson was highly talented. That sums up your world Dave...a lunatic asylum.
Saffy always backs the loser.
