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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 162281"><p>Well, here`s the thing. Spies has played in a grand total of 4 tri-nations matches in his entire career, up to date. In his tri-nations debut, he was completely anonymous. As were his 14 Bok colleagues on the day, going down 49-0 to an inspired Wallabies outfit. </p><p></p><p>In his next 2 tri-nations tests though, on the 2006 home leg, he was picked out of position as openside flanker. Came up against 2 pretty decent opensiders in Richie McCaw and George Smith, 2 of the very best in the business. And he dominated both of those greats with his speed to the breakdown, helping the Boks to winning both those tests as well as the turnover count in both matches. And ending up being named man of the match in both.</p><p></p><p>So while I fully agree that it`s waaaay too early to start calling him the world`s best, saying that he disappears in tri-nations matches is a bit offside :redcard:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 162281"] Well, here`s the thing. Spies has played in a grand total of 4 tri-nations matches in his entire career, up to date. In his tri-nations debut, he was completely anonymous. As were his 14 Bok colleagues on the day, going down 49-0 to an inspired Wallabies outfit. In his next 2 tri-nations tests though, on the 2006 home leg, he was picked out of position as openside flanker. Came up against 2 pretty decent opensiders in Richie McCaw and George Smith, 2 of the very best in the business. And he dominated both of those greats with his speed to the breakdown, helping the Boks to winning both those tests as well as the turnover count in both matches. And ending up being named man of the match in both. So while I fully agree that it`s waaaay too early to start calling him the world`s best, saying that he disappears in tri-nations matches is a bit offside :redcard: [/QUOTE]
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