Moz's xxx player ratings.

15. Willie le Roux – 5/10

His average form has continued. A few good clearance kicks, but up and under were not very contestable. When he loses form, he starts to make aimless kicks. Koble could get a run at fullback next week, to get Aphwi or/and Nkosi on the field

14. Kolbe – 7

Good on attack and defence. Like having a second fullback. He was also good at scrumhalf. He is an allround player, and good to have a backline player that can create and finish.

13. Lukhanyo Am – 5

Good on defence. Not many opportunities on attack

12. Damian de Allende – 6.5

Very solid with aggressive front on tackles

11. Makazole Mapimpi – 6

Got better as the game went on

10 Handré Pollard – 9

Perhaps the best flyhalf in world cup. 2 tries, solid of the tee, good  touch finders  to setup lineout drives

9. Francois de Klerk – 5.5

His boxes kicks were mostly poor. 

8. Duane Vermeulen – 7.5

Was all over the pitch. Winning turnovers, taking kickoffs, strong tackles, good carries

7. Pieter-Steph du Toit – 6.5

Lots of tackles. Showing he is mobile to get involved in attacking movements.

6. Kwagga Smith – 5

Not involved enough. When he was involved, it was not really a chance to use his skills

5. Franco Mostert – 7

Lots of ball carries, good defence. 

4 Eben Etzebeth – 7

Was abrasive and physical

3. Trevor Nyakane – 7

Best scrumming performance of the tournament. 

2. Mbongeni Mbonambi – 7

Lineouts were better than with Marx. 

1. Tendai Mtawarira 7

Seems like a better starting option than Kitshoff. Contributed to a totally dominant scrum, and did his part on defence. 

Replacements:

16. Malcolm Marx (45th minute) – 6. 

Good turnover and put pressure on ruck. 

17. Steven Kitshoff (45th minute) – 6

Possibly better of the bench.

18 Frans Malherbe (49th minute) – 4

Not very good, 

19. Rudolph Snyman, (65 minutes) -N/A

20. Francois Louw, (56th minute) – 6

Boks became even more dominant at the breakdown when he got on the pitch

21. Herschel Jantjies 7.  – Excellent break. Good at finding gaps. Another solid performance

22 Frans Steyn (65th minutes) – 7

Everything he touched turned to gold

23 Jesse Kriel (58th minute) – 3

Butchered a possible try, but not offloading to his outside for Kolbe.

Mozart

Why are you always misleading members?   Take the following:-

Mostert :   Lots of ball carries, good defence. 

 Du Toit :   Lots of tackles. Showing he is mobile to get involved in attacking movements.

So lets look at the tackle stats o9f the to players and see what they represent:-

Mostert -  Tackles made 16 - tackles missed 5

Du Toit -   Tackles made 13 - tackles missed 4

Defense if both were not good enough - - too many missed tackles,  However, the quality of tackles made is important:- 

Mostert  -  average to poor quality

Du Toit  - tackling players back - strong and effective

The other BS story is the Steyn euphoria.  Se Allende carried the ball to within a meter of the tryline with three players taking him down.  Ball comes back and led to the try scored by Pollard,  Everything Steyn touched turned to gold - problem his defense only entailed 2 touches.

De Allende was particularly active in ball protection at breakdowns - Steyn never in sight,  

Lastly another twisted posting ignoring pertinent facts