Comments on: South Africa v Wales second test: Wales player ratings

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:32:19 +0000

I agree with your comment on the Lee rating brighty. He’s a beast, definitely the next Domingo, but he plays tighthead which is even better news for Wales! Was good to see a little bit of the 2009 vintage Roberts too. The SA centre’s clearly realised why he was player of the series in 2009, especially since he has been bubbling away just below the boil for so long. George north needs a rest, he’s looking like a lot of the England team in that he looks sluggish and not on his best game. He seems devoid of the relentless motivation he had to get his hands on the ball and ruin defences with his magical combo of agility and power. Wales need him galloping down that flank like the thoroughbred he is, not like the imposter we’ve all witnessed recently.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:25:24 +0000

Quick Wikipedia search showed North played 21 times for Saints this year, having played 45 times for the scarlets from 2010-2013. So he has played a lot more rugby this season, off the back of a Lions tour. Not surprising his form has dropped off.

Will be interesting to see if this affects Davies or Halfpenny in their first years abroad.

I know the ratings are subjective, but if this was Phillips’ best game in 4 years, and he was only worth a 7.5, surely that indicates the need for change?

By: brighty

brighty — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:04:14 +0000

I look forward to walloping SA soon; If one of our best performances for a while only gets a 6/10 then it’s encouraging to think how amazing we can be if we can just raise that to a 7; an 8 and the world cup is surely in the bag.

These ratings are too low. Jenkins was fantastic – at least 3 turnovers I think and the scrum was solid. Samson Lee was much, much better than a paltry 5.5. North at 3.5 is right. Biggar gets a 6 for ~10mins of poor play instead of the ~70mins of excellent?