Sasha's Loop around Passes

I don't recall every watching a flyhalf score 3 tries in an opening 20 minutes or thereabouts.

He is going to become a marked man for the Springboks. He was given a decent amount of space by Connacht. In test rugby he is not going to get as much time and space, but his loop around passes are able to create space from nothing. The receiver draws the man, and then Sasha angles his runs into space.

Sasha also has a very good pass, so even if the opposition commit more players to him, it will create space out wide- like the try he setup with the back pass to the Stormers winger..

Sexton, but so much faster

Yes, Sexton was a master of the loop-around pass and very good at getting his backs running at angles.

Sasha offers as a strike runner, but with the playmaking ability of Sexton.

The most all-around flyhalf South Africa has seen in the professional era. He does need a bit of work on his touchline goal kicks, but otherwise, he does not appear to have weaknesses.

SB

I think the conditions was a bot problematic from a wind perspective on Saturday in Cape Town. There was a fire warning on Friday meaning high wind in evidence. One could see that from the icing of both sides at goal and also to sidelines, I saw Sacha make a kick from about 5 meters outside the Springbok 22 that went over the head of the defenent 69 mets away ad bounds out win the Wlesh 22 for a Springbok throw-in. I saw Erasmus laughing about that one in the stands.when hes saw that one.

In windy conditions if you want to make sure the ball goes out the end is to make shorter kicks than normal.