Boks 26/ Japan 3
Boks 16/Wales 16
Boks 18/ England 12
…..
Boks 19/ France 22
Boks 6/ England 12
Boks 12/ NZ 11.
Those are scores when Kolisi left the field. So of the 6 knockout games, only Japan was a done deal and he stayed on to the end of that match. The only WC knockout match he finished.
For the rest we were behind in 2 matches, tied against Wales and ahead in the two finals, by slim margins. His substitution against Wales was instrumental to us winning. Francois Louw his substitute made the crucial turnover.
That doesn’t mean he wasn’t a galvanizing force for the team, but as a player it appears he wasn’t essential to the cause.