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Laughable CJ Stander hype

Started by Mozart0 REPLIES140 VIEWS· 08 Feb 2016, 22:28
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
08 Feb 2016, 22:28
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08 Feb 2016, 22:28#1
So after a busy weekend of sports, I watched the Ireland game, keen to see this mighty CJ Stander performance. 
The first thing that was obvious was he had the whining Irish commentators in his camp. Everything Ireland and CJ did was fantastic....except Wales hadn't read the script and at the end were the stronger team.
How about Stander...he ran the ball 23 times, so said the Irish shill and so he gets the MOM. He failed to mention in all those 23 runs he beat one tackler....and made his clean break when there was literally no Welshman behind the scrum. 
He also failed to mention Stander lost the ball four times....once he was saved by a Welsh offside. He was turned right at the half and the whistle saved him. And then twice within meters of the Welsh line, he lost the ball. Finally he never had the strength to ground the ball when over the line.

Nor did he succeed in winning a turnover or a penalty.....even though he was over the ball several times. He clearly is not going to help much on the ground.

So what does he have? It all seems a bit emotional. He isn't a power runner, he certainly doesn't have pace, he doesn't play the deck, he wasn't used in the lineout said.
Against a NZ or Bargie pack this kid would be nowhere. We heard so much about Baardjie Strauss when he got his Scottish cap, this all feels like more of the same. Coetzee is run of the mill, but has more potential than this kid.
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