17 Nov 2014, 08:27#41
Breath of fresh air.
Enjoyed Reinach and Lambie immensely.
Both class acts. Hope they both get another shot this weekend ... with Kriel "The Awesome" getting his first cap at 6.
DEDenny
Captain12,893 posts
17 Nov 2014, 11:18#44
I think Pollard is the best of an average lot of flyhalves, Lambie is next best and then Goosen. Meyer should move on from Morne and cut his cloth to the material at hand. I'm not convinced Pollard will continue as a Flyhalf, perhaps inside centre is his go, time will tell, the hype surrounding the kid can't be good either,no-one seems to care about his development all they want is for him to perform.
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
18 Nov 2014, 02:33#47
7 - Schalk Burger (South Africa):
The only unanimous choice.
Bubbling under: Bernard le Roux (France)
From Rugby 365. Jeez Dave, it's seems you are a one man battalion again.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
18 Nov 2014, 06:06#48
Mozart
I do not disagree with Burger being MOM - but that does not mean that anybody has the right to denigrate the performance by Reinach the way you did.
Must stillfeel bitter about the failure you made Reoinach out to be. He on Saturday put in an performance better than any SA scrummie has done in any of the tests played this year - and theat includes Pienar and Hougaard's performances. Why not give credit to the guy - when credit is due - Bitterbek?
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
18 Nov 2014, 06:30#49
Denigrate? Seems I was quite balanced. I praised his passing and handling, his tackle on Brown, but dinged his two missed tackles, dangerous charged kick and two turnovers. I rated him a 6 which is about right if you aren't sipping the Kool Aid.
And by the way the best scrum half performance of the year was Hougaard against the ABs. Unfortunately it was a one off. Let's see how Reinach goes in the weeks ahead.
CLclevermike
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CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
18 Nov 2014, 07:11#50
Mozart
No mention about the try Reinach he scored and no mention of the rest of his kicking game that was good insofar as distance and acuracy is concerned. Always bad to be one-sided in comments.
I give credit to Hougaard for the home test against the AB's test - but over the total test scenario I have to agree with you he was iffy to poor in the other tests - especially in the Dublin one.
PAPakie
Captain17,321 posts
18 Nov 2014, 07:38#51
"Always bad to be one-sided in comments."
There's a saying in English about a pot and a kettle that applies here.
CLclevermike
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CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
18 Nov 2014, 07:57#52
Pakie
I fully motivate myreasons and give both sides of the story. For instance in the case I said he is normally good in line -out balls and has reasonable tackle stats but that he is weak in making his tackles and miss too many as well, while eh is deficient in Tight 5 play. Both sides ofthe performnce given.
CLclevermike
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CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
18 Nov 2014, 07:57#53
Pakie
I fully motivate myreasons and give both sides of the story. For instance in the case I said he is normally good in line -out balls and has reasonable tackle stats but that he is weak in making his tackles and miss too many as well, while eh is deficient in Tight 5 play. Both sides ofthe performnce given.