Lol
There is hype and being a media darling...and then there is Mostert.
His rugby can be summed up as pearls before swine.
A true soldier.
Lol
There is hype and being a media darling...and then there is Mostert.
His rugby can be summed up as pearls before swine.
A true soldier.
Joke of the year
I wasn't initially a fan of Mostert. He just didn't seem to stand out for me. Then he appeared for the Boks. Whenever I did a tactical breakdown he was a key contributor, he was so often at critical points in the game making big plays, the kind the pseudo fan and ignorant pundits never see. Another player I wasn't keen on was Louw. Again, he became a more favoured player. Not a name that'd fill a fan team of the week/month/year/comp, but a player who is always there adding value. These are but two names who have contributed immensely for the Boks. I haven't assimilate the numbers for the past season, but for the rest of the Erasputin years, Mostert ranks as the best Bok defender. He gives you volume without the errors. Steph can soak up tackles purely by being around the fringes, Mostert is often one of those players to mops up after a classic Steph lapse. There have been many times where Mostert has been criticised on defence, and I just rewind film to a prior tackle or phase, and sure enough, there was a Steph lapse, or one from Damian et al. Without Mostert the Boks would have been a much weaker team. I would place him as an all time great Bok. A player with production, a player who I can ascribe great moments to. It doesn't take any effort to defend his place in Bok lore. Without the likes of Mostert, we wouldn't have been able to achieve some success in spite of Erasputin! That's something to think about.
His Toughness puts others to shame ….a down to earth humble guy, a legend!
Filament
Scott Barrett
RG
Ollie Chessum
George Martin
James Ryan
Argie 5
Gilchrest
Were literally all better than Mostert who’s worth can be summed up by him coughing up possession against England and NZ in his pathetic attempts to carry
Easily alongside Albert vd Bergh the worst 5’s the Boks have ever had
Boy did we miss Lood
Lood? Mr hands of stone? You defended Lood coughing up possession against Wales in the 2015 WC. Two very promising positions and he coughs it up. It was a trademark. If he wasn't coughing it up, he was driven sideways or backwards. Such an underpowered plodder. Lood really is the worst lock I've seen play for the Boks. Literally nothing about his game was good. One of the reasons the Boks were so soft and vulnerable under Erasputin. He was also one of the key reasons why NZ knocked us out in 2015, alongside Damian. Two class acts letting the team down for years.
PS - A shoutout to another Saddex list. He just blurts out random names as if it has anything relevance to anything.
Lomp who missed the tackle for the first AB try of WC2015 Semi?
Mostert was also mentioned in several other WC teams as a second choice.
Whenever you look for problems in a Bok performance, Lood has consistently been one of the faces who is at the scene of the crime. How has Erasputin been unable to isolate these issues? Someone needs to sit him down and teach him how to analyze film, as he is clearly incapable at this time.
Lood is twice the player useless Mostert is
Had Lood been fit, he would have started ahead of that sad excuse for a lock
The lock that makes tackles - big fucking deal
Now if only he could perform one of his primary functions which is to add physicality to the scrums, carries, mauls, maul defence and tackles - tackles like Eben and PSDT made in the final
Balls Lomp was good for about 15 minutes and then totally out of gas. Be honest for a change.
Bullshit Lood is a class act - the real deal. Big physical player with skill
It’s why he always started alongside Eben
That’s being honest - Rassie always preferred Lood over Mostert and that’s a fact
Just remember Rassie the Genius picked Mostert and even made him a Regular starter in all our important Tests.
Yes because Lood was injured and RG had not played rugby for 2 years
Try wake up to reality
All I am saying is that Mostert deserves to be there….and Lood being out of gas often, is most probably because of his Heart condition that Doctors picked up in him….he is still not cleared to start training.
Nope in my opinion there are far better locks than Mostert starting with Jason Jenkins who was outstanding for Leinster over the weekend as was Ruben v Heerden for the Stormers
Real physical locks with skill who are far better than the weak Mostert who can’t even retain possession in contact
I love Rassie but fuck me he fucked up with the Mostert call. RG having not played much rugby was still a far far better starting option than powder puff
At 33 I’m hoping we don’t see much more of Mostert in a Bok jersey - he is literally kak. A physical liability who makes nice little tackles - one would swear he was our openside flanker or centre
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5 Franco Mostert (South Africa): The unsung hero of Springbok rugby racked up the third most tackles in the competition with an incredible breakdown work rate. He goes under the radar for many.
Runner-up: All Blacks veteran Brodie Retallick had another stellar tournament; he always rises to the occasions in his brutality on either side of the ball. He was immense in the final game, dismantling the Boks’ set-piece. A word for South Africa’s RG Snyman, who was huge in every way and rose to the occasion in the semi-final to score a match-winning try.