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I think your view is completely ignorant of the 2 opportunities that went a miss (Serfontein, Kriel).
Also - It's not as if the Wallabies weren't good for the contest. There was a period in the 1st half where the Wallabies went about 15 phases starting from their own half and into the Boks 22 before half time. It's here where EJ failed to relieve pressure given the opportunity and Andries Coetzee didn't do so well on that front either.
There is no telling what the coaches' instructions are, but what is clear is that the Boks place a lot of emphasis on the forwards to the job and providing the platform. No doubt this has been the drive of the Boks whole season and it was a frustrating 1st half for them with a few lineout errors and conceding silly penalties, not getting their execution right, etc. but in the 2nd half they made those things right and got the momentum going, but failed to capitalize on the opportunities created.
That and EJ's temperament (for which a coach can't be blamed) letting the team down.
I do concur that maybe AC & co should back the backline more with set moves, however, other than EJ, neither of Serf, Kriel or Coetzee are natural playmakers. While Serfontein is having a great season with the Boks, u can't but help think his defensive organization is more suited for 13. At the same time Kriel for me isn't playing all that bad either. This is where I feel RjvR would now make an ideal partnership with Serf and moving Kriel to 15, whilst at the same time bring in Lleyds at 14. Move Rhule to 11.
Yeah. We had a couple of line breaks. But it wasn't the doing of Elton that lead to the line breaks, instead it was other guys who initiated the break. I really can't understand why people are still praising EJ. Are we watching different games?? He is the main person to relieve pressure and give us a territorial advantage, but now you guys are saying that it's AC's fault?? AC didn't miss the kicks into touch, or kicked the ball straight down Folau's throat. No that was all EJ. if he kicked a little shorter and made sure of finding touch, we wouldn't have been in half of the precarious positions we found ourselves in.
EJ was the main contributor of putting us under pressure...