Morne Steyn....just like Wilkinson and Mehrtens....lives by the boot

.....and will die by the boot. If he can't kick the goals, his whole game will erode. We saw signs of a confidence problem yesterday.

In a way it's ironical because his tackling was superb again and he was quite elusive when he decided to run. These aspects of his game are actually still improving. But his kicking choices were off. Not the attempted drops, which were clearly dictated by the state of the game and our inability to crack the defence, rather the tactical kicking. That said if that rolling ball Foden saved went into touch, the same crowd that booed would have been cheering.

What bothered me was the hesitancy as to whether to kick or run.....signs of a player not confident in his choices. And the one or two wasted kicks straight down the pike.

So why didn't Meyer bring on Jantjies to replace a struggling player. Obviously because he has zero confidence in him winning the game. With the worst win ratio in the S15 and a 30% missed tackle stat, who can blame him. Jantjies was there to come on in the last quarter, if we had a big lead.

My guess is it might have been different if Lambie was available. With Goosen hurt and still learning, that is the obvious place to go for a replacement, if needed.

But Morne has had the iron nerve to kick a long one to clinch a Lions series. That's bottle and damn few have it.

 Difference being that Mehrtens and Wilko were good all round players and not just one trick ponies. These guys were class, Morne is anything but

 Morne is a donkey- only his kicking for poles can be compared to Mehrtens and Wilkinson. 

 Spot on Sharkbok, if he did not have such a good boot on him, he would not have smelt a game for the Bulls

Absolutely, Saffex and Sharkbok. To try and detract from the failings of one player by likening him to another who was in no way comparable, is pretty daft really.

I was no great fan of Wilkinson, he was what he was, but to say he was a one trick pony like Steyn is really pushing it. His tackle count for one match must be the same as Steyn's in his entire career !!!

But nice try, as you like to say Mozart. Get everyone bitching about other players in the hope it will stop them realising the faults of the one you should all rightly be talking about

Whoops, good old Becs can't resist putting in the knitting needle. But unfortunately your plodder Farrell kicked 43% of the ball he received, to Morne's 32% and missed  25% of his tackles while Morne missed none.

As for Wilkinson and Mehrtens being pure class I beg to differ. Mehrtens couldn't tackle convincingly in an U 13 match.....and Wilko was pretty much a kicker pure and simple.  I see nothing special in either beyond their boots.

And Becs, as for your accusation that I am trying to divert attention from Steyn, when my whole posting is about his future....one has to wonder about your powers of comprehension. But in that vein, perhaps you should worry less about the Bok flyhalf, and more about your own team. Stop trying to divert attention away from the usual Pom failure.

 I would never ever place Morne in the same class as Andrew and John.

These two gentlemen were complete all rounders.......

Sorry Morne.

yeah i have to agree....morne is very very lucky to be mentioned in the same sentence as wilko and andrew...they used the boot as part of there all round skills....morne has just one weapon...the power of the donkey..

old turnstile must feel realy happy to be even mentioned in the same sentence as those 2 legens of the game.