Loodvoet had his last OK'ish game against Scotland. He was nowhere against Argentina and cost us a try through laziness against Arg.
Perhaps fatigued, perhaps betraying
inexperience in just his fourth Test, de Jager (dark green circle)
expects the Pumas to come around the corner and over-chases towards the
open-side of the ruck. For less than a second, South Africa do not have a
guard in place on the blind-side.
As you can see from the screenshot, his shoulders are pointing in
precisely the opposite direction to Cubelli’s opportunistic gaze – a
stark contrast to the coiled body position at the ruck in the first
three minutes when Landajo was on. Unfortunately, an exceptionally aware
scrum-half punishes the concentration lapse.
Clearly,
du Plessis has called de Jager
across but must turn his hips in as Cubelli embarks on his rapid outside
arc. Paused here, we see how dangerous the situation has become.
de
Jager is struggling to recover, du Plessis’s weight is on his heels and
Cubelli has a decent-sized gap to aim for.Both S pringboks do manage to scramble
back. Even so, they can only meet Cubelli with relatively weak arms
rather than planting their feet and dropping a shoulder. Cubelli does
show impressive strength to get through and stay upright (past Willie Le
Roux),
but the chance is created primarily by speed of thought – and
South Africa’s consequent indecision.Read more at http://www.rugbyworld.com/news/blogs/play-like-pichot-argentinas-scrum-halves-analysed/#cSG8R776xqjts0fq.99