Ar scrum time the boks were clearly superior. In the loose we lacked fire in the belly and inaccurate. At scrumhalf Hougaard is not the answer. HM played him at wing and now it is biting him in the rear. And the backline..well what backline. Willie apart from one run and a high ball take was poor. Serfontein was poor together with the captain. And HM should have blooded younger players with a desire to win a WC medal when he took over instead of talking players out of retirement. I could not recall once where the ball got to the wing in a full backline movement. JDV has now passed his sell by date, and Etsebeth should have played the CC campaign to sharpen up. The only players that stood out was Coetzee and Pollard. As for England this week HM should spend time praying..
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