I know the cowards will not respond to this thread – but lets look at the stats of the various SA players in this match, which confirm my version:-
Frans Steyn
Fat Fransie had a game he would rather forget about:-
Balls handled - 15
Balls kicked - 2
Balls passed - 6
Balls carried - 7
Meters gained - 15
Tackles beaten - 4
Off-loads - 3
Turnovers conceded - 2
Tackles made - 4
Tackles missed - 2
Fransie made two wild passes that went to nobody and although the opposition did not get hold of the ball afterwards – Montpellier lost many meters of ground in those two cases.
Johann Goosen
Try assist - 1
Balls handled - 39
Balls kicked - 13
Balls passed - 19
Balls carried - 7
Meters gained - 34
Line breaks - 1
Tackles beaten - 3
Off-loads - 1
Tackles made - 4
Tackles missed - 1
Although Goosen kicked the ball more than normal – three of his strategic kicks landed Montpellier in serious problems and that resulted indirectly in tries being scored and a further two resulted in penalties conceded, which was converted.
Bismarck du Plessis, Jacques du Plessis and Paul Willemse
Bismarck du Plessis produced nothing positive during the game and he was more noted for missing 4 of the 13 tackle attempts and giving away 3 penalties.
Jacques du Plessis tried hard – but was ineffective. He carried the ball 6 times making 10 meters territory gain and made 7 tackles missing 1.
Paul Willemse tried hard as well – but in reality was also ineffective. He carried the ball 8 times for a meter gain of 22 meters and his tackle stats were the same as Jacques Du Plessis.
The rest of the SA players were all average to poor – bad news
No response from the egg-masters expected. However, there was another statement made by the commentators during the game and that was that Goosen was thus far this year the most valuable player of Racing Metro - not the most expensive - but valuable from a performance perspective.
