Mozart came up with the following drivel:-
"Cobus Reinach. A bumbling inept display, replete with poor decisions, awkward passes and wayward kicks kept knocking the Sharks backwards".
It is necessary to analyse the above. There were no awkward passes at all - all passes were quick and accurate.
There were no poor decisions. Near minute 62 Reinach did not kick 5 meters out - afraid of a charge down and carried the ball into account. In the resulting maul the ball came back to Reinach - but the relieving kick he then tries to make stayed in field. Gathered by the highlanders they counter-attacked.
The player who was guilty of the following was Francois Steyn-
"A bumbling inept display, replete with poor decisions, awkward passes and wayward kicks kept knocking the Sharks backwards."
In one classic case the Sharks lost 50 meters in territory as a result of a poor kick by Steyn - in another he kicked the ball over the tryline and out behind the line. Those were "bumbling inept display, replete with poor decisions,"
While attacking Jordaan - who had a very good game - Mozart misrepresented the whole game to favour Francois Steyn and Willem Alberts. Other than kicking at goal I tried for 80 minutes to find anything positive about Steyn - something he did that helped the Sharks in their game - and there was nothing at all. Other than deficient ball handling and aimless kicking that was easily dealt with by the Highlanders - there was also his poor tackling that detract from team performance .
When Lambie came on - he made two strategic kicks - and since the recipients were under pressure - they fumbled the balls in both cases. Steyn never made a single strategic kick that helped the Sharks at all.
It is always nice to try and write up players you like - but it is dishonest to write drivel about a player you dislike.
