None other than Lomp, who took us out of the 2015 WC with his feeble tackle on Kaino. A crucial moment not recognized by the lazy rugby press. We had just brought on Wilco who walked through Not-so-Mighty Williams in the first scrum. That put the Boks right on NZ’s line for Marx to power over,
The score shifts to 17 to 10 with the momentum all in our favor with 18 minutes to play and the bomb squad in place. NZ’s pack is presumably rattled by the huge scrum.
The kick off is simple for Kwagga to take, except Lomp takes out the NZ chasers. Penalty NZ and moments later Kwagga is carded and they score.. a school boy error by Lomp….Erasmus is screaming in the box and Brown is looking at the floor…a total cock up.
New Zealand should erect a statue to Lomp few opponents have done more for the NZ cause. He never played another RC minute after that test, was he injured or has Dr Lucky cast him into outer darkness?
That may have been the moment that made the somewhat ordinary Nortje the 5 incumbent. The good doctor doesn’t seem to trust Snyman to start in key matches.