Man, ball sense is something a player has or does not have. People with no ball sense normally do not last in ball games, they fall off early in their years. Skills is a thing that can be taught or trained into a player. In South Africa there is a shortage of skills-coaches and especially in the Bok team. That brother is clueless sowaar.
Mike I do not think one should place all the blame on meyer, but then again the buck stops with hm nê.
KaleadFreddie
You are indeed correct - players have ball sense or they do not have it. I must add that one of the players with real ball sense - Paul Jordaan - comes from the Eastern Cape/
The problem is that in SA the issue is not taken into account when elections are made - and those players with it are often regard punished by never being in contention. Not being sure what the real criterium for backline selection is - but it seems size and the ability to kick balls is really th deciding factor.
Even when those selected players fail to deliver - they are kept on for years, without reagard to their axctual performance. TSome players have massive media hype and that means that they can hang on to their positions in the Springbok team.
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