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[2015 TRC] Australia v South Africa in Brisbane (18/07/2015)
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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 734100" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>I'm willing to give Pollard a chance, I thought he had a much improved game, if you take the first 20 minutes out of it he actually had a strong game. Lambie is fine but doesn't do anything particularly well.</p><p>Coetzee injury sucks but apparently it was just a contact wound (according to his twitter it was just a "lummy" which is a SA word for bruise, kinda) and additionally loose trio is one of the few areas where our depth is good.</p><p>Agree about Matfield, de Lager was much better than Matfield in general play but we did lose a few line-outs after he left the field.</p><p>Also agree about Willie, but frankly I think the the benefits out weigh the mistakes, apart from one terrible kick that lead to the Aussies first try I thought he was pretty good this week on attack and defense, his kicking was pretty poor I'll admit. The only other realistic options at FB are Lambie and J Kriel (he played there throughout Super Rugby).</p><p>JdP did have a fantastic game, the reason why the public was up in arms about him was his general laziness around the part, poor tackling and mediocre scrummaging (in Super Rugby) however I agree none of those perceived weaknesses were there last night and the replacement front row was much poorer. The scrummaging question could also be due to the introduction of Horwil, Sio, and Holmes as much as the substitution of our starting front row but it's hard to say. I'm also not to sure about Frans Malherbe (preferring Vincent Koch) and was unconvinced by Heinke vdM as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 734100, member: 59145"] I'm willing to give Pollard a chance, I thought he had a much improved game, if you take the first 20 minutes out of it he actually had a strong game. Lambie is fine but doesn't do anything particularly well. Coetzee injury sucks but apparently it was just a contact wound (according to his twitter it was just a "lummy" which is a SA word for bruise, kinda) and additionally loose trio is one of the few areas where our depth is good. Agree about Matfield, de Lager was much better than Matfield in general play but we did lose a few line-outs after he left the field. Also agree about Willie, but frankly I think the the benefits out weigh the mistakes, apart from one terrible kick that lead to the Aussies first try I thought he was pretty good this week on attack and defense, his kicking was pretty poor I'll admit. The only other realistic options at FB are Lambie and J Kriel (he played there throughout Super Rugby). JdP did have a fantastic game, the reason why the public was up in arms about him was his general laziness around the part, poor tackling and mediocre scrummaging (in Super Rugby) however I agree none of those perceived weaknesses were there last night and the replacement front row was much poorer. The scrummaging question could also be due to the introduction of Horwil, Sio, and Holmes as much as the substitution of our starting front row but it's hard to say. I'm also not to sure about Frans Malherbe (preferring Vincent Koch) and was unconvinced by Heinke vdM as well. [/QUOTE]
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