Louw's first 40 minutes

Apparently Louw was on "vacation in Durban", as was claimed elsewhere. Pretty busy vacation!

00:51 over ball immediately at ruck
1:30 quick turning tackle on kick receiver setting up steal for Marx
(commentator Kempson twice credits Kolisi, who never got to within 15m of the receiver, with the tackle)
05:00 pick and go ruck
07:00 pass to 12 from maul
07:20 securing ruck after Kolisi run
09:50 gathers and passes loose ball at lineout
10:33 tackle A6
14:13 tackle driving A14 back
16:33 cleanout ruck (penalty, illegal)
18:17 supporting ruck
18:27 supporting ruck
19:04 supporting ruck
21:53 tackle Sanchez
22:01 prevents Arg 5 driving through ruck
22:12 carry into traffic
23:17 slowing down possession
23:48 tackle
24:34 assists Beast drive
24:39 secures ruck
24:59 pass from base of ruck after scrumhalf challenged
25:10 carries into traffic
26:10 contests ruck
29:08 cleanout ruck
29:17 secures ruck
30:20 assists in forward drive
30:34 secures messy ruck ball
30:59 secures ruck
33:42 strong carry gaining 15m
35:23 cleanout freeing up ruck possession
35:45 assists drive
35:48 ruck cleanout

Plenty of little ruck cleanouts to free the ball for play. First arrival at many rucks to protect and secure possession. The type of grunt work the stats (where apparently only meters and tackles matter) and highlight reels don't talk about. Solid, competent performance.

Louw was physical and very active, good movement around the field. Kolisi on the other hand was the least visible player, so far. That said, when he carried, he was very strong. The centres were routinely bypassed. All about our forwards in that first half. Disappointed by the silly errors by Faf. He has been the most error strewn. 2nd half still to go. 

Yep, impossible to notice all these things unless you're specifically focusing on the player, SB. Too much other stuff going on.

Sure pakie

When did he miss the two tackles and when was he penalized?   Obviously not mentioned.  How many players were in the rucks and was Louw effective at all?   A load of BS as per normal from Pakie.   

Why was Louw the replaced loosie - if he was so good as you claimed he was?????? 

Mind you I like your match descriptions - they a re almost as false as Mozart's are.   Keep it up dimwit - it is extremely amusing!!!!!!     

When did he miss the two tackles and when was he penalized?

16:33 cleanout ruck (penalty, illegal)

Which two tackles? He never got close enough to Matero to make a tackle, but if you want to call that a miss, sure. Sanchez, that is not a missed tackle.

Why was Louw the replaced loosie - if he was so good as yo u claimed he was??????

It was already decided pre-game.

Sport24: Erasmus has also been excited about the prospect of Van Staden and Louw playing in the same side together, and while that could happen on Saturday, it is unlikely. 

Van Staden will probably replace Louw.

"Francois Louw is coming off a six or seven-week pre-season so he might struggle to go 80 minutes," Erasmus explained from the team hotel in Umhlanga on Thursday.

Sure - but he struggled from the word go - so that is clear an d as per usual you do not find any missed tackles 

Ok here are the ESPN stats for Louw yesterday:-

Balls passed       -     4

Balls carried       -    6

Distance gained  -  12 meters

Tackles made      -   7

Tackles missed    -   2

Frankly I believe their stats instead of your manufactured garbage.   The story about his involvement in rucks is meaningless and only used to enhance his involvement in the game.  Why not did you mention the number of scrums where he was involved as a loosie?   It is basically on par  with the nonsense you spouted above.

Bad news BSter -  Louw did not even make 37% of the tackles made by Du Toit and he missed twice as many tackles.

Quite revealing as to how you are trying to BS us with your evaluations.     .  . 

Suit yourself.

Also, you did notice that was only the first 40 minutes, right? I have not yet analyzed the second half.

Must be much worse than the first half  or at least as average as he was in the first half