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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aussie_pride" data-source="post: 162542">Yeah mate, Sephaka was a very promising young prop. Back in 2001 when he made his Bok debut. Unfortunately, he hasn`t delivered on the early promise, having grown more in size- read lard- than in playing reputation. Has started resurrecting his career a bit late this year with the Lions, in the absence of Brian Mujati. But certainly he`s fallen behind the likes of Steenkamp, V D Merwe and Du Preez on the loosehead side, and hasn`t yet convinced as a tighthead.Paulse, well yeah, there`s still something to offer. Very talented, and a very sharp finisher in his heyday back in the late 90`s, but he`s the wrong side of 30 already, and surely there are more promising youngsters around at present- the likes of Chavanga, the Ndungane twins, Nokwe, Benjamin, not to mention the incumbments.And Olivier- gotta be kidding me there mate? Can`t think of a worse, more one-dimentional centre in the history of rugby. Ever. Even worse than Sonny Parker.......[/b]</blockquote>I have to ask you though, what is with the selection process involving your props. You guys seem to produce so many young talented props, give them about 5 tests and then they disappear. Eddie Andrews and Sephaka are both examples of this. Perhaps this is indication of Australian front row jealousy, give our lack of quality in the area <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />  Moving away from the props, Id like to pay credit to the quality of back-rowers South Africa produce. In particular, Kabamba Floors. I think it is so unfortunate that the Springboks have such depth in their back row because this guy possesses terrific speed for a forward and always plays with heart. Hilton Lobberts looks a decent player as well. I had a funny feeling that people were going to have a crack at Olivier. I believe Olivier would be better utilised on the wing, rather than at inside centre. I just dont think hes creative enough to play at inside and he drifts in and out of the game too much. You can afford to do that at inside. What do you think of Waylon Murray and Wayne Julies?[/QUOTE]

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