I'd say Coenie is a monster in the loose. No other prop poaches as well as him (I'm including Jenkins and Cole and would call on the stats to back me up but can't find the others') and he is a handful with ball in hand but he is very very raw ITO scrummiging although very big which means he either dominates or gets dominated at the scrum depending on how streetsmart the opposition prop is. Also tends to be a little lazy in the tackle (which is exactly where he should channel that agression and dickheadedness he posesses).
Certainly a good prospect for the Bokke if Pieter de Villers and Os can sort his technique out between them or at least get him to hold his own if he can't get one over on the opposition. Has to not drop off tackles as well which again is just down to technique. But the raw ingredients for the next 'Os' is there and he is still young for a prop at 23.
I think SA has some good prospects coming through with Steenkamp off and JdP and the Beast in doubt (age and heart problems). How I rate them and not accounting for overseas based players (Mujati, Du Preez, H VdMerwe, WP Nel and Van Staden to name a few);
LH
JC Janse van Rensburg
Steven Kitshoff
TH
Marcel van der Merwe
Pat Cilliers
Coenie Oosthuizen (though he can easily be our best if work pays off)
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