I was shocked by the poor Springbok performance. Mozart always preach to us about the defense issue - but yesterday that was a disgrace - looking at the missed tackle ratios of the different backline players:-
Lambie = 16,6%Hougaard = 44,4% Habana = 42,9%De Jongh = 20%De Allende = 12,5%Steyn = 41,1%De Klerk = 44,4%Mapoe = 100%
Only 2 players (Lambie and De Allende) had reasonable defensive stats. De Jongh was poor and the rest a disgrace.
Etzebeth, Du Toit and De Jager made 27 tackles missing only 2. The loosies made a huge number of tackles - but as expected Alberts was the poorest insofar as missed tackles are concerned with a missed tackle ratio of 22,2% '
As expected there was no attacking play either - the Springboks never looked like threatening to score a try.
The Springboks backline is a farce and that needs to be corrected - but this cannot be done under Coetzee, being clueless about backline play.
Coach57,555 posts
09 Oct 2016, 02:59
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