Since the advent of Meyer Bok coaching reign, he has often substituted both props at the same time.
In most cases he starts with Beast and useless Jannie, then switches to the reserve props at the same time, or nearly at the same time.
The problem with this approach is that it is not always easy to say who is playing well and who is not. Even if the scrum is collapsing on one side, it could be the opposition prop on the different side boring in. Or it could be the opposite lock pushing harder etc, etc.
In recent weeks we have seen the locks initially get the blame from some posters, especially when it was Matfield and then Bakkies. Somehow posters are able to pinpoint during the early tests who was responsible for the poor scrumming. The usual suspects were Matfield, Steenkamp, Bakkies
However last weekend it was the strongest lock available Elizabeth, partnering with Lood.
The scrum got buckled totally over and over.
The worst bok scrumming performance ever. .....
When a tighthead was conceded after being driven back about 5 metres,
Meyer substitutes the both props.
The scrum then makes noticeable improvement.
So who is playing badly before this.... It cant be the locks because Matfield is not even in Argentina at the time.
So it must be the front row, excluding the possibility that it is not Lood.
It could be Jannie but he has often scrummed well in tests.
Steenkamp scrummed well in the earlier tests this year. It would be better to substitute the props at different times in the game, as this would make it easier to pin point who was totally crap last week.
