source: https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/head-knocks-force-lambie-to-retire/
Pat Lambie being forced to retire after getting too many concussions. Sad news without a doubt, is it a loss for the Boks?
IMO wildly unfulfilled talent, and victim of the utility player curse (like brent russel) and sad he only got 56 test caps
Would life be so much easier if we all pulled out when we were supposed to?
...like good Catholics.
Pity about this - but wise on the part of Pat Lambie. He is a wonderful person and deserve our support in whatever the future holds for him and his family. .
over the weekend the debate came up, about whether he will be missed or not for the Boks. a lot of opinions that he was widely average in the green and gold. thoughts everyone?
either way, still sad how his career ended :-/
His finest moments were handing of Schalk to win the Currie Cup, and the long-distance kick that beat the All Blacks.
Started well, but Meyer turned him into a clone of Morne Steyn. Never very good at getting his backline running. Made more impact on attack at fullback, or even at 12.
Any flyhalf coached by Meyer and Ludeke will inevitably self- destruct.
... a natural talent at 10 that we see so little of in SA these days.
The man is just too damn fragile.
@bluebok: thanks for the advice, will start commenting a lot more
@clevermike, that's quite a statement. any reason you say that?
funny how for such a long period SA didn't have a dearth of good #10s and now we do so much so that we fiddle around with their positions etc. Lambie was decent at fullback without a doubt but should have had a handle on the #10 role and kept going
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Yes ... I agree.
He was a wonderful 10 ... and as quite spoken as he was, a great leader.
Sad to lose him .
Lambie played flat and attacked the game line aggressively ... had a good pass, especially in contact ... was defensively sound ... a good tactical kicker when it called for it ... and had a lot of courage.
Morne kicked most of the balls he received away ... probably because he stood too deep and found that his midfield were within kicking distance of him. Tactical kicker? He was accurate enough for the posts but when it came to tactical kicking in general, he was wayward ... as we saw against the Ozzies.
Distributor ... ?? That's a joke, right?
Another poor quality of his was his fe ar of contact. He came off the field many a time without a single scuff to his short.
I don't think Morne is the type of 10 that anyone should model himself on ... haaaahahahahahahaaaaa!!
Pollard has found a little form. I hope his tendency to panic under pressure doesn't return.
Sadly, as talented as Lambie is, one cannot expect him to win matches on his own, especially when the fist receiver off 9 is a forward, cutting him out altogether.
It's a team sport after all ... and with the poor selections that Meyer brought onto the park ... his absurd "game plan" ... and the inability to still a mutinous crew ... losing those matches was inevitable ... including the fiasco against Japan.
That lies squarely at the feet of Meyer and his cowardly nature.
Don't blame Lambie for the incompetence of Meyer.
Morne Steyn was about as poor a 10 as one could get. He managed to lose a test to the Ozzies all on his own, by fluffing a simple touch kick . That's now the same man you referred to as a brilliant tactical kicker.
Haaaaaaaahahahaha ... Lambie never managed that feat.
"the the pivot", huh?
Haaaaaaaaahahahahahaaa!!!
Not to worry, I understand.
You are trying you best.
