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Rating Every Springboks Player From Ireland Series As ‘sensational’ Forward Shines Alongside ‘freakish’ Rookie
Rating every Springboks player from Ireland series as ‘sensational’ forward shines alongside ‘freakish’ rookie
Jared Wright 15 hours ago
Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu against Ireland.
Our Springboks player ratings in the series against Ireland.
Following the drawn series between the Springboks and Ireland, we take a look back at the two-Test epic and rate each of Rassie Erasmus’ charges out of 10.
Overall, it is a mixed bag for the back-to-back World Cup champions, who performed stunningly in the first Test only to underwhelm in the second.
In a rare occurrence, the Springboks also named an unchanged matchday 23 for the second Test, something that has only happened three times since 2018.
A poor first-half performance in the second Test in Durban was backed up by a remarkable comeback, only for the Boks to be outdone by two brilliant drop goals by replacement Ireland back Ciaran Frawley – leaving the Boks with a sense of what could have been.
With the dust settling on the series, we rated all 23 of the Springboks who featured against Ireland out of 10.
Outside backs
Willie le Roux: The conductor of the Springboks’ attack, even under the stewardship of new coach Tony Brown, Le Roux continued to impress with his playmaking prowess in the first Test. It’s no coincidence that the attack looked at its best with him on the pitch while he was safe at the back, too. But all of this was in the first Test match, as he managed to play just two minutes of the second before being forced off with a head knock and failing his subsequent
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