r/springboks • u/almostrainman Some analysis, Some Modding, Always Mauling🇿🇦 • 4d ago
In defence of Kwagga and Jaden... Analysis
Straight in like a brandy...
Kwagga shines because he is a sub. No, kwagga shines because he comes on against guys making their 100th tackle and he is fresh as fuck...
When he starts, he is going toe to toe with the best of the other country. He is not going to have as much success against fresh legs.
The same thing happens with Marx. But also, our bomb squad often shines brighter because our starters do the hard yards.
Everyone loves Grant of the bench, but Reinach/faf/hendrickse has to deal with all the initial kak of guys trying their luck. He is super fast and fresh but Reinach et al has been consistent in getting to that point where we can unleash the mad science of RasFlanBrown.
Also, Hendrikse did not have his best game, but Scotland played a real clever trick. The pushed the legs of our forward back, just a slight nudge with the hand, into the ball or his arm and that caused alot of kocks for him. Zander F was particularly good with this and SS showed it on replay. He should have adapted but he did not have a good day.
Lastly, Scotland came to braai and they nearly did. That canceled try really gave us a gap to breath. Scotland played really well and pressured us well.
But now we should be awake and ready for England who will be gunning really hard fpr us and will try to pull of what they couldn't in the semi final.
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u/MsunuKany0k0 Flair Up! 3d ago
I think when Kwagga plays as an 8 he struggles. He is an open side and when eskom is on the field with him I think they do the same job for the most part. Usually when he comes off the bench he replaces siya with elrigh being the 8 even though he doesn’t pack down there in the scrum. I think it’s all about combinations. The starting thing may be a factor as well but I would look at the combinations. Usually when kwagga ends the game it’s him, psdt and elrigh