Springbok Player Ratings against Scotland:-
15 Willie le Roux 7/10
14 Sbu Nkosi 6/10
13 Jesse Kriel 6/10
12 Damian de Allende 6,5/10
11 Aphiwe Dyantyi 5.5/10
10 Handre Pollard 7,5/10
9 Embrose Papier 6/10
8 Duane Vermeulen 7/10
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit 7/10
6 Siya Kolisi 5,5/10
5 Franco Mostert 5/10
4 R G Snyman 5/10
3 Frans Malherbe 6/10
2 Malcolm Marx 6,5/10
1 Stephen Kitshoff 6,5/10
Bench
16 Bongi Mbonambi 6/10
17 Thomas du Toit 6,5/10
18 Vincent Koch 6/10.
19 Lood de Jager 6,5/10
20 Frnacois Louw 4/10
22 Elton Jantjies 5,5/10
Van Zyl and Kobe – not sufficient time for rating.
I considered giving Pollard an 8/10, but his defense let him down at times and he did not succeed at center when replacing De Allende
De Allende made two possession turnovers at breakdowns, The commentators initially credited Kolisi for those, but De Allende was the one who actually made the turnovers and Kolisi got the ball from him.
Mostert is a weak ball carrier and a weaker tackler. His llne-outs were solid - but the rest of the game was seriously queestionable.
Snyman reminds me of a headless chicken – he really made too many mistakes aand the question arises why did he not jump in front as expected from a number 4 jumper
Did Louw in fact play - if he did he did not do anything in the game and was in fact AWOL
