He was OK Chips, not great...his forward pass took us out of 2011...harsh, yes a Moz move ..and he shouldn't have been in the 2015 team ahead of Damian...but still a great servant of the Bokke.
He was OK Chips, not great...his forward pass took us out of 2011...harsh, yes a Moz move ..and he shouldn't have been in the 2015 team ahead of Damian...but still a great servant of the Bokke.
I rated Jean highly but de Allende is better
Actually Jean broke the line and floated a long pass out to Lambie. He never blew an opportunity, he created the opportunity. As for it being forward if it was a shorter pass they never would have called it….it looked like natural drift.
No chance de Allende is better and had more impact for the Boks
Just like Fourie was great but Am is better
If I'm not mistaken he was flat on his back when making that forward pass but it was forward for sure, always believed he suffered average hands the pass cost the Boks a semi final spot.
There was so much hype around him.
Look he wasn’t a shit player.
But just plain average.
Our backline barely ever excelled when he was at 12.
I liked Jean, prefered him over Meisiekind, but he wasn't ready to come back for the 2015 RWC...and DdA played good rugga for the Stormers back then.
Jean's biggest weakness was his penchant for ill timed defensive rushes that opened up gaps for the opposition. But other than that you can't even begin to compare his skillset and ability to read play with that of DDA - it's not even a contest. Jean wins by a mile.
Not to forget that Jean played in the era when both the All Blacks and Australia were still powerhouses.
If we ever see DDA running a support line like Jean does at 2:53, then maybe we can talk. But he doesn't. He would have been jogging somewhere around the halfway line in that move.
I liked Jean, prefered him over Meisiekind, but he wasn't ready to come back for the 2015 RWC
Yes, he stuck around a season too long, which may have somewhat tarnished people's memory of him. He should probably have retired at the end of 2013.
DA’s highlights footage is far more impressive than Jeans showing a better player without doubt
Jean was great at reading potential intercept opportunities that’s it
He was never agile, not the most athletic guy out there
Watching that clip, I feel that Brent Russell deserved a lot more tests that he got.
Fok he was something else.
Yeah he was special
Saf didn’t you play with him at school?
Dud Allende 83 tests/11 tries
JdV 109 tests/ 27 tries
And I guarantee you the try assists would be even more in JdV’s favor. A giant of the game vs a tractor.
Moz, tonight's game, you watching or is it alweer Gerhard Viviers ?
No Chip that was Hennie le Roux
Back home Blob….thanks for the good steer last week. I wouldn’t say he was Gerhard but a lot better than reading the Telegraph play by play.
Saf There were rumours abound that he is homosexual.
Did you experience any of that with him!
ouDawie's watching the game on Tuesday.
Well he is married with children so you might be misinformed Chip - not for the first time of course
Maybe you should hang out with a different crowd?
I’ll never leave you and your mum, my boy.
You’ll never ever be left on the streets again.
Dave will never walk alone?
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Of all the springboks that have come and gone, many have been underrated by Bok supporters.
However one that was constantly overrated is former captain Jean de Villiers .
The Boks were never consistent under his captaincy and to be honest, he was better on the wing than he was at 12 or 13.\
Sorry okes, I just never rated him.