Performnce Assessment - Springboks

Here we go:-

15  Willie le Roux     -       6

14  Cheslyn Kolbe    -       7

13  Lukhanjo Am     -        4

12  Damian de Allende   -  7

11  Mapimpi                  -  4

10  Pollard                    -  7,5

  9  Faf de Klerk            -  4

  8  Duane Vermeulen    -  3

  7  P-S du Toit              -  6,5

  6  Kwagga Smith         -  5,5

  5  Franco Mostert        -  4,5

  4  Eben Etzebth           -  5,5

  3  Frans Malherbe        -  5,5

  2  Malcolm Marx          -  5,5

  1  Steven Kitshoff        -  5,5

Replacements

  16 Bongi Mbonambi     -   5,5

  17 Tendai Matarira      -   6

  18 Trevor Nyakane      -   6

  19  RG Snyman           -   5

  20  Francois Louw        -   5 

  21  Herschel Jantjies    -   8

  22  Francois Steyn       -   4

  23  Jesse Kriel             -   5

Worst player was Vermeulen followed by a host others who did preciously little during the game and when eh did he was a  liability.  The goodhue try came from a Vermeulen bugger-up.

A very good effort anyway by the rest of the team      

                                        -

15  Willie le Roux     -       3

14  Cheslyn Kolbe    -       6

13  Lukhanjo Am     -        5

12  Damian de Allende   -  5

11  Mapimpi                  -  4

10  Pollard                    -  6

  9  Faf de Klerk            -  4

  8  Duane Vermeulen    -  7

  7  P-S du Toit              -  7

  6  Kwagga Smith         -  7

  5  Franco Mostert        -  6

  4  Eben Etzebth           -  4

  3  Frans Malherbe        -  6

  2  Malcolm Marx          -  8

  1  Steven Kitshoff        -  6

Replacements

  16 Bongi Mbonambi     -  4

  17 Tendai Matarira      -   6

  18 Trevor Nyakane      -   6

  19  RG Snyman           -   6

  20  Francois Louw        -   7

  21  Herschel Jantjies    -   5

  22  Francois Steyn       -   6

  23  Jesse Kriel             -   5

Haai Owen, meskien is my nuwe bril nog nie reg ingeloop nie.

LOL Vlag, that bad? He normally plays like that

PS, Eben scores another point for that onle line-out steal...make it half a point?

Ag nooit ouMeanou ........... Bruno was in my top 5 today . Still good to be able to say howzit .

That try of Jantjies was in no small reason helped by Du Toit. And what did Steyn do to deserve a 6 - he did squat in ball carries ( 2 carries for no meters gained)  and he made 4 tackles missing 1.

De Allende cut out SBW completely and made six tackles missing NONE  

I was very generous giving him a 4.  How many more bugger-ups did Vemeulen made and he got a 7 - madness .  He was personally responsible for 10 of the 16 AB points.  Should get a 2 for that.

Defnitief Draad. Ons los trio het die meeste duikslae uitgevoer. Jy moet vir Saffex jou bril leen.

Nee Owen - Vermeulen se bydrae was die laagste van al die losvoorspelers en die probleem is wat Vermeulen anders gedoen het wat ontoereikend was

Duikslae  -   Kwagga    17   -  een gemis

                     Du Toit     16   -  twee gemis

                     Vermeulen 13 - 1 gemis.

Waar die problem was is the volgende:  

Balle aangeslaan  2

Strafskopp e            2

Die problem verbonde aan die vorafgaande is dat dit  gely het tot 10 van die 16 AB punte

Spyt - maar did is defnitief nie goed genoeg nie.   

Owen and others

I have bad news for you. - the Rugby 365 rating is as follows:-

22 Frans Steyn (On for Damian de Allende, 56th minute)
He offered nothing on attack and just made up the numbers in the last 20 minutes.  3/10

He got the ball exactly twice, of which one was static with a defender straight on to him. What exactly does "Warren Fortune", whoever he is, want him to offer on attack with two possessions?

Verdediging het dit defnetief gedoen vir ons...Vermeulen will get better as the team gains momentum...he must peak against Ireland and NZ in the world cup.

But his defense was also faulty.   So not the player he actually was - excuses aplenty.   Esterhuizen was a hu ge liability last week - Steyn seriously defective last week and worse today.

PSdT was IMHO our best player.

Must say I was once again disappointed with our front row. I know we have problems on tighthead, but wtf is going on with Kitskos?

Kwagga had a great game.

Not so sure about Vermeulen.

But his defense was also faulty.

Current defense numbers on ESPN (Turnovers conceded/tackles made/tackles missed):

In 56 minutes on the field:

In 24 minutes on the field:

So Steyn made the same amount of tackles as DA in less than half the time on the field. Next excuse?

De Allende never missed the tackle and neutralized SBW off=load game - Steyn allowed the players he tried to tackle to off\load accurately and with ease - hence the improvement in the AB ball  carries when Steyn came on.  Totally ineffective tackles - in Mozart sayings Steyn made weak tackles De Allende strong ones. 

Rugby 365 made an HONEST assessment of Steyn's performance - read I again and learn.       

Oh? What an interesting theory. It will be investigated.

What do you make of Kriels  rating.

Only a 2!!

Malherbe a 3?!

ON ATTACK

METRES CARRIED

South Africa - 245

New Zealand - 395

CARRIES

South Africa - 99

New Zealand - 141

DEFENDERS BEATEN

South Africa - 10

New Zealand - 22

CLEAN BREAKS

South Africa - 3

New Zealand - 7

PASSES

South Africa - 103

New Zealand - 207

OFFLOADS

South Africa - 10

New Zealand - 13

POSSESSION

South Africa - 43%

New Zealand - 57%

ON DEFENCE

TACKLES

South Africa - 155

New Zealand - 91

MISSED TACKLES

South Africa - 22

New Zealand - 10

BREAKDOWN

RUCKS WON

South Africa - 74

New Zealand - 109

PENALTIES CONCEDED

South Africa - 11

New Zealand 8

FINAL SCORE?

South Africa - 16

New Zealand - 16

Last year was the same thing...the Boks seem to refuse to give in...it seems the team is developing some backbone/character. 

Ceradyne

In some respects I agree with you.  There are a few weak spots in the team that need urgent attention and those are -

*   the lack of physicality by the Tight 5 in general and by Mostert in particular.

*   the deficiency in loosie play - the only player who contribute regularly and top class is Du Toit.-  Kwgga is a work horse, but lack physicality, while Vermeulen''s contribution yesterday as a negative and in most tests under Meyer was minimal;

*   the attack deficiency of the centers - but De Allemnde's defense was very good and aggressive he is lacking in attacking ability - Kriel is reasonable in attack with defense not being all that good and Am is crap and Steyn and Eterhuizen basically liabilities and not international standard;

*   some physicality in the outside backs.

However, the position overall is not as bad as it was in 2015 - so I believe there has been an improvement in what happened in 2015, 2016 and 2017.   There is ample scope for further development and i t is clear the players are gaining confidence in their game.   ,     

No C eradyne

What I said about all players were objective. and not falsely boosting any players or criticizing any players without foundation.

I specifically mention that Tight 5 deficiency in a fair and reasonable way - same with the loosies an centers.  I pointed out De Allende's attacking deficiency specifically.   So what else is wrong,  

I agree with Beeno - the demonizing of Du Tout has been going on long enough and the constant and unsubstantiated BS attacks on him should stop.. .