Kwagga comes of age

Dud a bruiser….haha…tell that to Duhan.

Kwagga has gained consistency over time. Jasper Wiese had a slow start as well, but like Kwagga he is getting more consistent over time.

That is a sign of good coaching, backing initial selections even when it looks like someone is not a test-level player. 

Rudolf Straulie would have ditched Kwagga and Wiese ages ago.

It would be good to see Kwagga get a starting game at 6 to see what he could do their, maybe against a Minnow team to rest Kolisi.   

Kwagga is our premier 6, but has excelled in every position along the back row. Kwotalisi, the second least useful player in the squad, is creating problems. Josè juggled him around in 2018, trying to find a spot, and just lumped him at 6. Our best loose trio right now is Thor, Wiese, Kwagga. There's no need for PTSD. We can finally field a competitive loose trio. Dump Limp for Mostert. Team upgraded. 

Agreed….but no need to act, Lomp is about due an injury to join Dud on the sidelines.

Wiese has gotten no better? What a nubstick you are! 98% tackle success, by far the best of the Boks and very high metres per carry. His penalty count isn't that bad, only one game stands out, those 3 penalties against the Lions. He has been cuttingg errors out of his game thereafter. Very secure in contact. All this, but Unter gushes over PTSD and his paltry 1.2mpc and porous defence with the distribution of old Unter clinging onto his last rolo and positional awareness of Lügnerin playing pin the lie on the Pinocchio. 

No. He was excellent against los Pumas. 

I think Kwagga is an exceptional loose forward. Bugger weight, it's the imput and quality he adds...he would be a credit to any side. What a player and changemaker but that has sfa to do with PSDT another great...when a side has many different good player options it's great. As a school kid I remember, Tommy Bedford, Frik Du Preez (sometimes lock) and Jan Ellis and I also recall Piet Greyling who I think if I remember came in later. Really the cream of the crop of any loose forward combinations.

Strength is more than numbers on a scale. Lood is actually weaker than a lot of our backs, despite being the tallest/biggest Bok in history. In fact, little 78kg Aplon has a better record of smashing big players than Lood. 

PTSD is not part of the conversation of usable players. 

Since Kwagga has moved to 7, he has really  excelled.  Really good in the contact,  poaching the ball and getting around the park. 

But I would almost say the backrow combination is wrong. Kwagga seems to be very good at poaching the ball but Kolisi always stands off the ruck, almost next to the flyhalf  in defence. So why not just move Kwagga to 6, kolisi to 7 and leave Vermeulen / Wiese at 8. 

He has been underrated all his playing career and in my opinion one of the best current flanks in RSA.

He gives every game his ALL be it the Lions, Sevens or Springboks.

My type of Springbok.

Kwagga had a poor debut, but was solid in every other test. You Plastiks are yet again slow to the party. Kwagga had been this good for the Boks for a while now. Josè is just a very stubborn and poor selector, like Snor.