Our #7 wing

I'm watching the game again. The amount of times the Boks had a sliver of space for the pace of a wing to exploit out wide but then who gets the ball? PSDT. Standing right inside the wing time and again, running a few meters only for the defense to catch him, take him to ground and all the advantage is gone as the breakdown allows the defense to get ahead of the situation again.

Why is he there? Why is a converted lock time and again the receiver of attacking ball that requires pace and agility to take advantage of? I know he must be playing under instruction, but it makes no sense.

It will certainly make his meters run stat look fantastic, those slow loping charges down the touchline, but those situations need the ball to get to the wing while he still has space to create something.

Exactly Pakie.

PSDT out wide is a complete waste of attacking potential. He should rather be winning collisions, slowing opposition ball, and making dominant tackles.

But when he drifts into those wider channels, he basically becomes a speed bump.

By the time he’s received the ball, the defense is already upon us , and all that space the wing could have used is gone.

The Bok wings are some of the most lethal finishers in world rugby. Give them half a chance, and they score points.

But they can’t do that if the “link” pass always goes to a 115kg forward who has no acceleration to exploit the gap.

PSDT is not breaking thru the defence, he’s just getting caught and recycled, while the real strike power is left watching.

Loose forwards should be cleaning out, carrying hard around the rucks, or acting as link men in midfield.

They should not be clogging up the space where the wings should be taking defenders on.

It’s predictable, it kills momentum, and it plays right into the opposition’s hands

Dud Toit is not a ball carrier. He simply doesn’t break tackles and when running in traffic he doesn’t offload. All he accomplishes is a recycle….usually after the defense has had time to reset.

11A nother definition inm rugby ignorance, For years the A B's used their loosies and also their hooker as part of backlie attacks and Erasmus brought in Browne to get the Springbok loosies to do the same. The paln wrks and he try scord by Esterhuizen was set up by the game plan allowing for such sage.

It ahs been regul;arly used last year in tests and ften elt to scoring of tries - but now suddenly our brilliant site experts fid it to be wrong. On Saturday it created the try Dead Head Esterhuizen scored. it left him to catch the ball - a miracle itself because his ball skills is deficient and he ahd an open tryline ahead of him.

So now suddenly that game plan is wrong and the question to be asked is why is the system that worked in 2024 must be ablolished now What do you suggest differently. That the ball be kiced away aimlessly that Mozart calls "Traditional Springbok Rugby"? or must the ball be killed and possession be handed over to the opposing team?

Dud Toit is not a ball carrier. He simply doesn’t break tackles and when running in traffic he doesn’t offload. All he accomplishes is a recycle….usually after the defense has had time to reset.

But having him out on the wing, probably in the place of Fassi joining the line is just another stupid Dr Lucky gimmick. It comes and goes like DudAllende’s tactical kicking. Which is the tell. It’s not a natural part of their game…..it’s a coaching emphasis.

What dud Toit does naturally is pick and go….emphasize that.