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Has anyone read about this yet ?
I haven't had the pleasure of reading John Smits autobiography, but apparently in it he talks about how Luke Watson was a "cancer"
in the team and how they blame him for the failed 2007 tri nations campaign.
Now I'm sorry, but that's just absolute rubbish, one single player could not have had the ability to screw up an entire team dynamic
all on his own. What really gets me though is that John Smit has no problem talking about it now in his book, but didn't have the guts to
do the decent thing and talk to Watson face to face when he was in the team.
He was his captain, he was supposed to help the guy out, even Watson didn't think he should have been in the team in 2007, but was
pretty much forced into it by his family and politics.
I've got to say, I'm really disappointed in John Smit, he's gone down a few notches in my book if that's the way he talks about his fellow
Springboks -behind their back-
I'm not saying Watson is a saint, he's had quite the fair share of controversy, but one has to wonder whether if he was just left alone to,
you know, play rugby instead of being in the middle of Cheeky Watsons rage against SARU, if he would perhaps have been in a much
better place right now.
I mean, the guy is an -excellent- rugby player, these are the stats for the 2009 Super 14 season
Luke Watson:
Metres gained: 737
Tackles made: 222
Missed tackles: 13
Efficiency: 94%
Passes: 107
Offloads: 19
Runs: 101
Turn Overs Won: 17
Yellow/ Red Cards: 0/0
Jean Deysel
Metres gained: 313
Tackles made: 45
Missed tackles: 10
Efficiency: 82%
Passes: 17
Offloads: 4
Runs: 50
Turn overs conceded: 5
Yellow/ Red cards: 0/0
Heinrich Brussow
Metres gained: 595
Tackles made: 222
Missed tackles: 20
Efficiency: 92%
Passes: 71
Offloads: 6
Runs: 82
Turn overs won: 10
Yellow/ Red cards: 2/0
Juan Smith
Metres gained: 526
Tackles made: 154
Missed tackles: 22
Efficiency: 88%
Passes: 49
Offloads: 7
Runs: 79
Turn overs won: 7
Yellow/ Red cards: 0/0
Ryan Kankowski
Metres gained: 848
Tackles made: 115
Missed tackles: 32
Efficiency: 78%
Passes: 95
Offloads: 13
Runs: 107
Turn overs won: 9
Yellow/ Red cards: 0/0
Pierre Spies
Metres gained: 720
Tackles made: 110
Missed tackles: 49
Efficiency: 69%
Passes: 66
Offloads: 9
Runs: 142
Turn Overs Won: 11
Yellow/ Red Cards: 0/0
yes I did get those stats from the Beeld website where I read the article which this concerns.
The site is in Afrikaans so it's not going to be very helpful to the non South Africans.
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I haven't had the pleasure of reading John Smits autobiography, but apparently in it he talks about how Luke Watson was a "cancer"
in the team and how they blame him for the failed 2007 tri nations campaign.
Now I'm sorry, but that's just absolute rubbish, one single player could not have had the ability to screw up an entire team dynamic
all on his own. What really gets me though is that John Smit has no problem talking about it now in his book, but didn't have the guts to
do the decent thing and talk to Watson face to face when he was in the team.
He was his captain, he was supposed to help the guy out, even Watson didn't think he should have been in the team in 2007, but was
pretty much forced into it by his family and politics.
I've got to say, I'm really disappointed in John Smit, he's gone down a few notches in my book if that's the way he talks about his fellow
Springboks -behind their back-
I'm not saying Watson is a saint, he's had quite the fair share of controversy, but one has to wonder whether if he was just left alone to,
you know, play rugby instead of being in the middle of Cheeky Watsons rage against SARU, if he would perhaps have been in a much
better place right now.
I mean, the guy is an -excellent- rugby player, these are the stats for the 2009 Super 14 season
Luke Watson:
Metres gained: 737
Tackles made: 222
Missed tackles: 13
Efficiency: 94%
Passes: 107
Offloads: 19
Runs: 101
Turn Overs Won: 17
Yellow/ Red Cards: 0/0
Jean Deysel
Metres gained: 313
Tackles made: 45
Missed tackles: 10
Efficiency: 82%
Passes: 17
Offloads: 4
Runs: 50
Turn overs conceded: 5
Yellow/ Red cards: 0/0
Heinrich Brussow
Metres gained: 595
Tackles made: 222
Missed tackles: 20
Efficiency: 92%
Passes: 71
Offloads: 6
Runs: 82
Turn overs won: 10
Yellow/ Red cards: 2/0
Juan Smith
Metres gained: 526
Tackles made: 154
Missed tackles: 22
Efficiency: 88%
Passes: 49
Offloads: 7
Runs: 79
Turn overs won: 7
Yellow/ Red cards: 0/0
Ryan Kankowski
Metres gained: 848
Tackles made: 115
Missed tackles: 32
Efficiency: 78%
Passes: 95
Offloads: 13
Runs: 107
Turn overs won: 9
Yellow/ Red cards: 0/0
Pierre Spies
Metres gained: 720
Tackles made: 110
Missed tackles: 49
Efficiency: 69%
Passes: 66
Offloads: 9
Runs: 142
Turn Overs Won: 11
Yellow/ Red Cards: 0/0
yes I did get those stats from the Beeld website where I read the article which this concerns.
The site is in Afrikaans so it's not going to be very helpful to the non South Africans.
Source