Having Fassi and Williams in there makes every break dangerous. So often Williams is the player backing up. Combine that with Esterhozen’s outstanding passing and Hooker’s straight running and  you have a potent mixture. Swop the wings out for Arendse and Kolbe and it could all be dynamite.

This Sharks backline is doing what Brown was supposed to create with the Bok backline. But with dithering Manie and slow thing Dud Allende , it’s just not happening.

Interestingly Kolisi who often goes awol in the Bok set up, looks like the young player of 8 years ago. This game plan suits his open field running. Now if he could only fetch.

Would like to see the full game. Kolisi would not look out of place with a 12 on his back judging by the highlight reel.

Thank heavens I'm not the only one seeing the Bok limitations at 12 as being self imposed.

I'm still dead set on wanting to see Roos at 12. He's hyper aggressive, quick and has more than enough brain.

There are a couple of other guys but for me, he's the one that I think would absolutely terrorise oppo backs.

Don't worry Plumster Allende is getting on in years now and can't last forever. 

Yes one or two nutjobs support your take on Allende. Eg mozzietard whose take on Rassie and Du Toit ended whatever cred he had!. 

I'm fine with PSDT. Here's why...

Unlike so many other failures, the years invested in him have paid off. He can be relied upon to do what he does and he has been making a huge difference.

That the natural progression we expect.

You won't find me talking him down.

What I can't stand, see my post in the cricket section, is when a player has so much time invested in him and he's no better than he was at the beginning.

Through lack of ability to learn, having a low skill ceiling, whatever it is, I can stand it when we hang on to players that are clearly ad good as they'll ever be, and it's simply average.

Something typifies guys like DDA and Markram for me.

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Cheers Blobbie, hope I get time to check it out this week.

Would that be the de Allende that made the dream team and Esterhuizen who keeps turning out solid at best performances for the Boks

The rugby ignorance on here is next level

Moz I take it you missed the number of turnovers Kolisi has effected all year

Ja the Dream team that had McKenzie at flyhalf….,give me a break ,

Well there were no 10’s that stood out so McKenzie was hardly way off. Marcus was probably the best 10

DA is the best 12 in the game suck it up

I refer you yet again to the video on all the Bok tries against the ABs under Rasmus….and I ask you again, find the one thing above routine he did in any, just one, of those tries, I challenge you Rambo.

I’m not wasting my time watching that many games to try disprove an ignorant fool like you

DA is the best 12 in the game it’s why he keeps making teams of the year or tournament year after year

The fact that you are too stupid to recognise his value is your problem not mine

It’s just good to see our astute coach sees the value in the class that is DA and that’s all that counts

In other words you can’t.

Can’t be asked - yes you got that

DA is a class act, I know it, Rassie knows it, his team mates know it, Aplon said he was better than Jean and all those pundits who select him for world teams, dream teams, tournament teams know it

What it says to me is that you don’t know rugby that well do you.

I mean think about it - rating average Jake over Rassie is on par with rating powder puff over two time world player of the year - either you are profoundly rugby stupid or you have very low rugby standards

Rambo  maybe…but the challenge remains. Find one thing Dud did to create any try we scored against NZ. I could substitute Oz or Ireland but I don’t have the video.

The man has been a great big nothing for 10 years gumming up our back play,

Fuck you really are stupid

Proble is the Sharks has a slow flyhlf and a slower inside center - that in a way neutralize the speed factor in their backline play. Neithr are teest level players.    On test level Etehuizen as proved one thing even against very weak teams - if ou do ot want him tscore tries or assist wih scoring - give h im a chance to make up the 7 backline players and hope the other 6 will do better and win tetest.    .