If Fourie Dupreez is not available for much of next year I suspect we shall see the return of Morne Steyn. Field kicking was a major issue this tour.
His field kicking game is not great, but better than Pollard and Lambie at the moment.
The 2 key problems for Bok rugby in the Northern Hemisphere in 2014 were.
1. Breakdown.
Was better against England with Schalk Burger, but in the other 3 games were terrible. Francious Louw and Schalk need to share this position. Many of the carries by Boks resulted in penalties or turnovers due to forwards being slow to get to the point of tackle.
All 3 loose forwards must be competitive at the breakdown, and at least some of the tight five.
Northern Hemisphere conditions especially when refereed by a ref from N.H, things are going to get messy at the break down.
2. Field kicking.
The opposition defences were easily countering any field kicking game from the Boks. This meant the Boks played too much of the game in their own half.
A good territory game could have put the forwards on the front foot more often , and also allowed our lineout to put more pressure on them.
