NZ vs SA wingers progression vs regression

It is a funny world, but just looking at the careers of the NZ wingers vs those of SA.

You would think with their talent and strike rate that a kiwi winger would hold the world record with the most tries. Starting with Jonuh Lomu to Zac Guildford, Savea and Noholo to Ioni. 

All of the above came firing out of the blocks but then one or 2 injuries and they are surplus to requirements. 

Where as with SA, we struggled for years to find a replacement for Habana and JP Pietersen. None of wingers seem could, tackle, catch or even find the right space on the field. 

Now all of a sudden we have quite a few to choose from. One notable winger is Mpimpi, at 29 he is now one of the best wingers in the world where as Savea can't even hold down a lucrative club contract. 

We have the likes of Kolbe age 26 setting the world a light and looking at getting better and better. 

Then we still have some youngsters coming through too, but it just makes me wonder how the All blacks chuck their wingers to the side so quickly and it is all downhill their for them where with SA it takes a while for our boys to reach their potential 

I think the AB's backline players in general - but wings in particular - are selected on the basis of physical strength rather than pace,   They also pick all players on the basis of handling skills and ball sense.  . 

That makes defense more difficult for opposing teams - but once they work out a strategy as to how to contain the AB's  their player performances go backwards and the AB coaches start looking for alternatives, ,      

I also think that is why the All Black bombed out of the World Cup and lost/draw with the lions. They seem to pick their outside back that hardly has test experience but that are on form in the super rugby like Havili and Jordy Barret when you had players like Ben Smith, bit long in the tooth but did he show his value in the bronze medal match against Wales 

They also moved moved Bauden Barret to 15 to shoehorn Richie Moungo into the starting 15. 

When they could have kept Barret at 10, move smith to 15 and retain some of their wingers with experience

Our scrum half situation also seems to have inadvertently sorted itself out. Between Faf, Papier, Reinach and Jaintjies, there is some real class. 

Nkosi is also the real deal and younger than both your mentions, Corn.

For me, Mapimpi is a bit of racehorse(ja, i know, he did very well in the air and showed a wider skillset during the WC) and it's debatable whether Kolbe, at his size, will be able to dominate much into his 30s.

Nkosi will only get bigger in the coming years and he has already shown ample x-factor and finishing nouse. It takes two defenders to safely keep him away from the line. Quick feet and power. Quite a rare combination for SA wingers. 

Pity about Dyanti.

Last time a South African wing played against a NZ wing....Sevu  Reece left Mapimpi  for dead and a try which handed the match to the ABs.

But we do have a type of wing they struggle to contain.....Paulse, Habana and now Kolbe. Small fast guys with reactions even faster than their outright pace....it’s a mental thing in part. Having one of those makes a huge difference to the potency of the Bok backline.

"Small fast guys with reactions even faster than their outright pace....it’s a mental thing in part."

You mean the reaction time is a mental thing?

Or that the ABs have a mental problem with smaller quick thinking opposition ? 

Yeah, Savea went backwards at a quick rate, but all of their wingers never seem to last. But on one hand they do seem to have healthy competition in the outside backs

Where I think SA can also hold on too long onto their wingers. Habana should have been dropped at least a few times for bad form under Meyer and the same can be said when he played for Coetzee. He ended up looking like an exhibition player. 

Although, just looking at sharks last weekend and how Fassi, Tambesh and Mpimpi effortlessly skinned the bigger kiwi wingers with pure pace