Time to swing the Axe, which boks would you drop and who would you replace them with

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So Saffex, is this true? 

We all know what happened at the Slug and Lettuce when I waited hours for you, but you didn't show up... 

ouDawie, mozart met you & I can recall him describing you as being a stout shortarse.

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What was the average distance gain for Alberts per carry?    It was 2,2 meters per carry for the Springboks and ,8 meters on franchise level.     Those figures indicate you are talking BS about his carries.     What Alberts is good at was arriving late at breakdowns and standing around behind those in the hope that the ball would come to him and he would make one of his spectacular  carries.   It hardly ever really happened.

There are huge differences between Du Toit and  Alberts from a performance perspective.    Those were that Alberts never was even considered for the Player of the Year selected y a special committee of experts - he was too pace-deficient  to be a loosie (his pace was slower than even that of Malherbe) - he never participated on breakdown ball protection and recover - he was never an effective ball carrier (as confirmed by the above stats     

By the way Alberts were already 29 years old when he became a Springbok and was absent from duty for 14 months before the 2015 WC.    If he was any good on franchise level rugby - it never  reach a level of real achievement after he became a Springbok.    

SUMMARY - HE WAS THE MOST HYPED UP PLAYER IN RUGBY HISTORY WOTHUT TE NEED TO PROVE  ANYTHING.           .     

Flab Malherbe could also be considered for the axe. While his scrummaging has been solid, I am not seeing him on the pitch outside the scrum. 

aDweeb can be discarded. 

Jessy Kriel is not a test standard player, he needs to return to Japan. 

Ja, we have AM that is our only decent 13, but who has the experience to step in when he is injured. Don’t see any other actual 13 s actually than Jessica. 

Simalane is at the bulls but he has not been able to crack it at 13 for the bulls. Although, they are starting to put a decent back line together. He played 15 in his first outing and got completely dropped. Goosen played 15 too. 

Not sure if it’s a ploy from Jake to bring players in at 15.

I see that they have moved kriel to 12, they also have the oldies like Mapoe still chugging along. It is a long season I guess

Ja, but I think these guys need to be visible and that means playing in the URC week in and week out. Where as if you looking across France, England Premiership, URC and Japan and about 18 different teams, then it becomes really difficult to keep tabs. 

To my mind, the boks that played in France come back undercooked. Dwebe, Pollard, Kolbe were non starters. 

Then those in Japan like Wille and Pieter Steph did really set the world alight. They may be fresher, but do you want to use a test match to get them match fit? 

Comrade Mike provide the source for those Alberts’ numbers ….you are lying through your teeth again.

Malherbe is the best scrummaging tighthead in the game

There we go again... big talk from a rugby nation who never is among the best for scrumming. Over fucking rated belly floppers. Always flopping and boring in. Useless.