I agree with you about mist selections - but have to point out that the Sharks backline did not function efficiently and the commentators blamed both Bosch and Esterhuizen for the problem, I must to an extent support their viewpoint - but there was no real center functioning on the day and the choice at 12 was between only Esterhuizen and Odendaal and both were not really up to standard - so I support your selection of Esterhuizen, The Sharks would have to be a hell of a lot better to beat the Highlanders in Round 2.
As to Coetzee the fact is he played at 6 for the while game until injured and was the class 6 on the day, Kolisi played at 8 until injured. Coetzee was together with Du Toit the class act loosie on the day and I would agree he is a must irrespective of where he played,
Dud Toit ...7 runs 24 meters, no defenders beaten, no offloads, one turnover conceded, 6 tackles and one missed. And according to Wanker he is co equal to Coetzee.....11 runs, 70 meters, 2 clean breaks, 3 defenders beaten, 1 offload, no turnovers, no missed tackles.
You can’t make this up.
The Mozart Idiot at work again = nothing new as expected,
Yeah, the sharks and bulls game wasn't the most spectacular game, but given the conditions in the humidity I think that it would have been extremely hard, but that said. The sharks outside backs got involved a lot which speaks volumes of Esterhuizen in his little touches.
I can't really fault this team, I think Saffex has got it spot on but I would like to make an honourable mention to Moerat, really starting to show he has a hard edge and were putting in some big hits
Coetzee's clean breaks gained massive meters...he ran like a center...doesn't mean Du Toit was bad. He actually had an intercept too...great game!
Moerat wasn't bad either. I think I mentioned him in the match thread. I don't know who got MOTM, but it should have been Coetzee. He was all over the place when playing 6 and 8.
Not in the mold of Eben, but the potential to atleast be as good as the Itoje pretender!
No....just a useless flank. He is a perfectly serviceable lock, except in the lineouts.
Rooinek
Did you see the thread I started under the Cricket part about Mozart being a plank. He specializes in writing tripe om site.
