What have we learnt about the Super Rugby Round 1 matches

There seems to be an improvement in backline performances - but the problem is too many handling errors/ However whether the teams have really showed advancement from where they were last year will only become clear from the future matches in the next three rounds. The Stormers Lleyd is not a full backs backside - or perhaps he is. He is useless under accurate high balls and his defense is seriously defective. I have similar problems with the two wings. Willemse was an eye-opener - he was excellent and on the day the best-performing of the four flyhalfs playing. He is only 19 years old - but he uis a class act already, One for the future. The Storners needs to find another scrummie - the starting one yesterday was out of zinc with the rest of the backline and playing a different style of rugbt from the rest of the backline. The bench scrummie looked better. From the Tight 5 Schickerling was top class and a deserved MOM. I fear that the Stormers loosies will cause future losses to the team. The Lions Their scrumming were good - especially I'm the first half - was good, Their line-outs wee a disgrace. Compared to Willemse Jantjies was very average. The Sharks Came very close to beating the Lions but their ball handling defects cost them dearly. Robert du Preez had a better game than Jantjies.

Ball handling skills have been an ongoing problem with SA sides as well as the Jaguars. A very simple thing...but probably the very thing that separates us from the NZ sides whose skills in this department are good to superb. When you analise it in reality...one dropped ball or one bad pass can be the difference between winning or losing...when it happens more often than this then the odds are totally against you even when in the other departments all is good and well.