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[2016 Rugby Championship] South Africa v Argentina (20/08/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="George Ford" data-source="post: 812435" data-attributes="member: 74118"><p>Fully agree on the centre sentiments</p><p></p><p>De Allende scored the match-winning try for us in the 2nd test, but throughout the series he was way below his best. In fact it appears he has completely lost that creativity and unexpected side step he had last year and is conforming to just crashing off of 1st phase ball (he did it both for Stormers & Boks).</p><p></p><p>The general feeling on Mapoe's form was that he was not able to show his best, but it is exactly as you put it: he is a good runner (played winger), but not a creator. On test level the margins are smaller and thus the space more limited and he looked good for the Lions because he, like Skosan, benefited from the Lions running game.</p><p></p><p>They didn't even look like a centre combination against Ireland, but I guess AC is giving them a 2nd fair chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George Ford, post: 812435, member: 74118"] Fully agree on the centre sentiments De Allende scored the match-winning try for us in the 2nd test, but throughout the series he was way below his best. In fact it appears he has completely lost that creativity and unexpected side step he had last year and is conforming to just crashing off of 1st phase ball (he did it both for Stormers & Boks). The general feeling on Mapoe's form was that he was not able to show his best, but it is exactly as you put it: he is a good runner (played winger), but not a creator. On test level the margins are smaller and thus the space more limited and he looked good for the Lions because he, like Skosan, benefited from the Lions running game. They didn't even look like a centre combination against Ireland, but I guess AC is giving them a 2nd fair chance. [/QUOTE]
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