You guess is totally imaginary. There is now ay that your imagination would count anything when reality takes over. You have had so many imaginations in what you write on site that it is really an impossibility to believe you in this case.
Would Le Roux hang back when the Springboks have the ball and is attacking in the AB half of the field? Not on your nelly - it would not happen - so happy imagination to you.
Now for the following quote from you which I did not comment on - even though it has an impact on the loosie issue:-
"The truth is Stephanie may do some good things but he isn't a complete flank or a complete lock....that remains an issue. My solution is to play him as a sub....he only has a good 20 minutes every game anyway."
The 20 minute issue is one of the most amazing things I have ever read on site. I do know you have a classical ability to dream up things - but this is really amazing BS. Do you really believe that it happens? I can understand it if you refer to low work rate players like Vermeulen and Etzebeth here - but Du Toit who is the highest work rate forward in the team - amazing imagination to create BS.
Now lets get to Vermeulen and what he achieved in the tests he played in where I claimed he failed:-
3rd June test against England
Most people I\on site was not impressed with what Vermeulen achieved in that test so lets look at his ESPN stats:-
Balls passed - 1
Balls carried - 8
Meters gained - 13
Defenders beaten - 1
Turnovers conceded - 2
Tackles made - 8
England
Vermeulen
0/0
0
0/2/9
27
0
1
0
0
6/1
1/0
0
0/0
France
Vermeulen
0/0
0
0/2/11
29
0
0
1
0
7/2
2/0
0
0/0
Scotland
Balls passed - 0
Balls carried - 9
Meters gained - 39
Defenders beaten - 0
Turnovers conceded - 2
Tackles made - 5
Tackles missed 2
Wales
Vermeulen
0/0
0
0/0/7
39
0
0
0
2
5/2
0/0
1
0/0
Summary
I find nothing good about the above stats. Vermeulen as an 8 often cover kicked balls and run a few meters until he gets to the defenders and then goes down virtually immediately. Wit all the carries he beat a total of 1 defender in 5 tests? Definitely not good enough.
He conceded 6 turnovers in the five tests. In two tests he conceded no turnovers - in the other three two per match. Definitely poor.
Vermeulen made 33 tackles missing 7 in FIVE TESTS. This from a player who supposedly is a loosie - an average of 5,6 tackles per game with a missed tackle ratio of 17,5. Too high for a loosie with that low count in defense. The much maligned by you Du Toit made 29 tackles missing 2 in two of the EOYT tests. Even in the French test where Du Toit played at 4 - he made 6 tackles missing 1. So what was his figures in THREE TESTS:-
Tackles made - 35
Tackles missed - 4
Average number of tackles 11,67
MTR - 10,26
JUST A MAJOR QUESTION - YOU CLAIMED DU TOIT PERFORM ONLY FOR 20 MINUTES IN GAMES - SO IS VERMEULEN ALLOWED TO PERFORM ONLY AT 10 MINUTES DURING GAMES? SHOULD VEREMEULEN BE AN IMPA CT PLAYER USED FROM THE BENCH FOR 10 MINUTES PER GAME.
Sorry to expose you so horribly - try to get your prejudice out of the way and everybody will learn from you about rugby - prejudice nullifies your rugby knowledge totally.