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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 876486" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>The more I think about it the more I'm happy about the Bokke and where we are, the side is just really young and really raw.</p><p>It's crazy that our second most capped player is a 25 year old (Eben) and our third most capped (and highest capped back) is 24 (Jan).</p><p></p><p>Looking at history to win a world cup you need a high number of average caps:</p><p>99, Australia: 42.20</p><p>03, England: 45.73</p><p>07, South Africa 45.53</p><p>11, New Zealand: 48.27</p><p>15, New Zealand: 66.40</p><p></p><p>We're clearly nowhere near that with Jan sitting on 25, at our third highest capped player.</p><p>Basically we should stop viewing this side as a side that's going to bring us first place in 2019, but rather what small increments we can achieve to get us towards 2023.</p><p>Perhaps a negative perspective but I think a realistic one.</p><p></p><p>With that in mind I'd like to see a few potential world beaters get more exposure so they can be ready for the future. Gelant should be our 23, I have absolutely no doubt in my mind. I like DDA but let the guy play some rugby, he's played like 3 seconds of rugby this year, just let him work his way up the ranks again if he can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 876486, member: 59145"] The more I think about it the more I'm happy about the Bokke and where we are, the side is just really young and really raw. It's crazy that our second most capped player is a 25 year old (Eben) and our third most capped (and highest capped back) is 24 (Jan). Looking at history to win a world cup you need a high number of average caps: 99, Australia: 42.20 03, England: 45.73 07, South Africa 45.53 11, New Zealand: 48.27 15, New Zealand: 66.40 We're clearly nowhere near that with Jan sitting on 25, at our third highest capped player. Basically we should stop viewing this side as a side that's going to bring us first place in 2019, but rather what small increments we can achieve to get us towards 2023. Perhaps a negative perspective but I think a realistic one. With that in mind I'd like to see a few potential world beaters get more exposure so they can be ready for the future. Gelant should be our 23, I have absolutely no doubt in my mind. I like DDA but let the guy play some rugby, he's played like 3 seconds of rugby this year, just let him work his way up the ranks again if he can. [/QUOTE]
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