Willie confirmed that he is a class 15, not that confirmation was ever needed........I have said all along he is better suited to 15, but equally at home on the wing. At 15 he has more opportunities to counter and slot in at 10 on attack as he does so well. He is more involved at 15, has x factor and you want x factor involved.
JP showed that he was only a little rusty last week and that he is back to his best. Having only recently turned 27, we could have expected that......he has a good 3 years in him yet.
Flip has settled into a handy test player, something I always maintained he would be........we should have invested in him straight after the departure of Bakkies and Matfield, instead of wasting time with Juandre Kruger.
Marcel Coetzee has come of age physically.............man the lad is built like a brick shithouse these days, good on him for muscling up and adding strength to his bow. Had a very good game today, made an impression physically and has a massive work rate. He, like Arno Botha are at that inbetween size.......too big for a 6, too small for 7 and probably spot on as an 8, but dont really play 8, although both played there in the junior ranks. To compete at the highest level something had to give.......both needed to add bulk and both have delivered in this regard........no reason why these two cant play the Messam role, both must be closer to 110kg these days.
Coenie had a good extended run today and looked very good at tighthead alongside Bismark and the Beast. They dominated the Scottish scrum and it will have given Coenie plenty of confidence in his quest to convert to tighthead. It was good for Bok rugby.
Lambie showed some good touches and varied things nicely......had a more than solid outing in the rain. We need to invest in Lambie at 10, along with Goosen. Move on from the plodder
Now if only we had no negatives.........but in short.........Fourie, Bakkies and Steenkamp.........there is just no need for these 3, they were done and should have remained as such
