His debut looked very solid.
Physical but has the mobility of a loose forward.
He was also competing well and the breakdown, with one clear out that lead to a Springbok turnover.
It would be good to see him start against Scotland
Sharkbok
This is a youngster that showed massive early promise on junior level and since he has develop further he is now a very real Springbok player. He and Etzebeth is likely to be the best lock combination the world has ever seen - better than Botha and Mattfield - because they already show better skills in most aspects of the game than those two did in their hayday. The difference is that both are more athletic with better ball skills - while Mattfield was not as physically imposing as Du Toit is. The latter is at least 10 kilos heavier in muscle weight than Mattfield ever was.
And they are only 22 and 21 years old - what a future those two will have.
Moolaa
You are used to poor locks - and the three mentioned are slightly better than the rest you have in New Zealand - so you are welcome to them. Would probably only have Whitelock in a SA Super 15 franchise team - the other two would find it hard to be on the bench.
Moolaa
The last four tests were no measure to measure the forward - and especially tight five issue. The Dunedin test - the AB had 40% possession - and dear Morne Steyn buggered up badly with the Springboks 60%. The Eden Park test was a referee farce.
In both the Soweto test and the Ellis Park tests the possession stats were basically the same as was the case at Dunedin. The main reason helping the AB's to won was not their possession - but horribly poor defence by the Springboks. Poor defence more than anything else helped the AB's to win both matches.
The AB's has wonderful and exceptionally gifted loosies - their tight five is their weak link. If they had decent tight five players - who can deliver a 50% possession to them - they will not ever have to worry about losing.
On the whole there are signs that even McCaw is deteriorating and that would present problems for them. Their main worry remains - there are in Super 15 at present no substantial tight five players coming through
Ceradyne
This really senseless thing that try and make contributions on this site. The brainless twit his missed out on the game as per normal. How many kicks at goal did he miss before he left. My memory said 5 - that represents 17 points does it not? Should have been way ahead - when piss poor Morne left the field - not level - the Springboks should have ben ahead by at leas 12 points.
According to this one Morne is the king of flyhalfs - more likely the king of shit rugby - but what else can one expect from this sheister?
Moola
Sorry - clueless Morne missed a try conversion and four penalties and Fat Frans 1.
Ceradyne
This really senseless thing that try and make contributions on this site. The brainless twit his missed out on the game as per normal. How many kicks at goal did he miss before he left. My memory said 5 - that represents 17 points does it not? Should have been way ahead - when piss poor Morne left the field - not level - the Springboks should have ben ahead by at leas 12 points.
According to this one Morne is the king of flyhalfs - more likely the king of shit rugby - but what else can one expect from this sheister?
Ceradyne
Let me quote you and put the real issue in perspect:-
"You were saying that the missed kicks were a minor part of Steyn's weak display in that test".
First of all it is an outright lie and secondly it is putting issue out of perspective. Morne's missed kicks at goal was one issue - his rubbish display in the same game was another. Aimless kicking - his normal deficiency also was destructively poor and even the commentators describe then as bullshit.
Morne through the years was always bullshit - he was useless as a pivot and when his goal kicking game deserted him last year - he was dead as a doornail insofar as flyhalf performances were concerned. He was better this year at kicking at goal - the rest of his game was his standard bulllshit - but for key games, like the Super 15 semi - where his goal kicking game (50% success rate) collapsed again and his one relieving kick was so poor - it gifted the Brumbies their winning try. In the Ellis Park test he was the great destroyer of the hopes of the Springboks - whether you like it or not.
The French club can have him - they would soon enough find out they are paying good money for a poor product.
