Agreed with that one, That is why the hero of the site duds who apparently want Mostert ahead of Van Heerden and Snyman in the Springbok team. Mostert failed where real locks do not fail.
Smack!!!!…..here’s your powder puff.
Easy and crucial, that took us out the WC. We are going to have a hard time replacing Etzebeth and Snyman/Mostert. Can’t say I have seen a dominating lock among the newbies.
I’m sure they are M, but lock has probably been the biggest plus position for the Boks over the last 6 years….to me these guys look more like the good locks other countries have had. But I agree, they are international standard.
Draad what the blue blazes is your latest mental malfunction?
in t he cas of Mostert you mean boots for 5 year-olds? Moster was a fring e player only to play if other better players were injured or not available to play for other reasons.
Having said that….that looks like a magnificent king salmon. I used to troll for them on Lake Michigan. The lure looks like it has a bit of red in it, attractive to the Salmon before they go up the rivers.
I had a humorous in retrospect incident with one once. My inexperienced fishing companion in the boat miss netted the prior fish and let it escape.
So as I brought a beautiful king to the boat, I decided to do it all my myself. But as I reached for the gills the salmon pulled a sudden kick.
To my dismay I found the triple hook had snagged one finger. Fortunately the salmon fell free and I released it. But the hook remained in my finger.
We went ashore to the hospital where the emergency room knew all about hooked fingers. When the doctor came in, I told him the lure was special….they were only striking on a red Tadpolly. He smiled, said nothing and promptly cut off the triple hook, ostensibly destroying it.
I rescued the body of the lure and that night rigged a new triple hook with nylon, not at all sure it would work. The next day I tried other lures in my box.,,,nada.
Then I put the mangled Tadpolly on the line and within minutes I had a salmon on. Great lure, the red Tadpolly.
By the way this youngster is as far as I can remember the son of Moaner van Heerden - is he not?
Kinda the Mostert of salmon?
Thanks Mpower - i must have mixed up the two play ers.
We used to primarily troll to cover the lake. The Salmon were always gathered in a temperature zone….deeper as the Lake warmed in summer. So we fished with downriggers…. the lure was clipped to the downrigger at a given depth. It was complicated fishing.
The fish above is still fresh or ‘sea run’ with no black or dulling of its colors. So not yet ready to go up the river. When that happens they are more on the surface. There are moments you could count 50 salmon in the air jumping if you were quick enough.
We actually get a salmon run up one of the rivers running through my golf club. Beautiful to see.
The old appeal to authority. Look at him being snotklapped by Kaino…that’s the real argument. A low energy, clumsy player who could hardly make a tackle without injuring himself.
Have you ever seen Mostert making a tackle where the tackled player did not go forward in the tackle - that is if the carriers do not ran straight through his tackle attempts. Just prove he made any case wherre he forced his way through traffic and scored a try - he scored only 3 in the 72 matches he played in and in the case of all 3 he did not have to force his way through defenders at all. Du Toit scored 8 tries in 77 matches he played in and in some of those he showed streength in crossing the tryline.
Mostert never played a role in breakdown ball rotection and h e si jsut psuh away even by backline players. You come up with talks only about his line out play and even that was weak and caused no problem for opponents other than his average and below par tackles.
Not really true is it…..just chancing your arm again Yokkie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb4ynaZmCcg
Minute 66…watch , learn and shut your gob.
Yokkie, Tokkie or Jokkie?...was that a Freudian slip?
Beats a tackle carving between two players, gets hit 2 metres out and carries over the line. ‘Great line by the big man’ says the commentator.
Actually an F would be even better.
There was no defender directly in front of him because he ran the right line Eggyolk
Well he has 3 tries….Dud Toit has 8. You leap to the obvious conclusion. But the Dud carries the ball far more per match. And Mostert started 45 tests vs 58 for the Dud. With Kolisi being subbed, since playing flank Dud plays the full game…Mostert has been subbed. Also the Dud is far more likely to get the ball near opposition line.
So I’d say it’s inconclusive. Except to say as locks, and Dud is a lock, they are not effective ball carriers.
Schalk Burger, also not a great ball carrier, but more suited got 16 tries in 86 tests. Double Dud’s count in his 76 tests.
Same with Willem Alberts who got 7 tries in 43 tests. Or Kwagga who has 7 tries in 40 tests, 5 coming on as a reserve.
We need an effective forward ball carrier to focus our ball in hand game.