I know the usual immature moaning about unfavourite players like Morne, will be heard. Hell the crowd booed the poor guy when he was taking the best options to win the test. We hadn't beaten tackles all game, so the best shot was to get the ball deep. That said something needs to change about his goal kicking.
Obviously Heyneke has no faith in the youngsters....Potgieter off in a hurry and Jantjies glued to the bench. Right on both counts. Potgieter looked like the typical Deysel dumb muscle....Coetzee is a far smarter player.
Aplon tackled brilliantly, JP was forceful, Habana quiet apart from one super high ball take.
In the centres Olivier didn't do much , but it was probably still his best test. Jean was quiet apart from one brilliant break.....where is his support, it's never there.
Hougaard was right back to the first test malaise. Pienaar improved things, except in that last phase set, when he was sooooooo painfully deliberate.
The front row was solid. Etzebeth ok....Kruger though, is no Matfield replacement. Kankowski injected some mongrel when he came on, and Spies went right back to doing nothing.
Bok villian of the day has to be Werner Kruger whose belly flop into the ruck could have gifted the Poms the game....but certainly ruined our chances.
During the week I raised the spectre of the Lions third test, when injuries and reduced motivation handed us an unwelcome loss. So it turned out, only this time we scraped a draw.
But if we ask ourselves the only important question after playing these chumps.... ie are we a better team than the side that faced Oz in the RWCQF........the answer has to be, nope, I don't think so.
