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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Cymro" data-source="post: 319412" data-attributes="member: 40909"><p>01 <strong>Paul James</strong>. 6/10. Scrummaged well and did well at line out time. Yet he offers nothing round the park in the way Gethin does. Rucking is good but he is not a ball carrier.</p><p>02 <strong>Mathew Rees</strong>. 9/10. Simply outstanding from the Welsh hooker, carried well, threw in well and was very prominent around the park.</p><p>03 <strong>Adam Jones</strong>. 8/10. Injury forced him off but he destroyed CJ Van Der Linde at scrum time. Made a couple of crucial tackles. Underlines that without him and Gethin Wales would without a doubt struggle. Also his small run during the first half was priceless.</p><p>04 <strong>Bradley Davies</strong>. 9/10. Work from the boiler man was outstanding today. Really showed he is coming of age. Tackled, ran well but needs some work on his lineout jumping.</p><p>05 <strong>Deiniol Jones</strong>. 5/10. Won ball in the lineout and that was pretty much it. Disappeared before eventually being subbed.</p><p>06 <strong>Jonathan Thomas</strong>. 4/10. Can't think what he currently offers Wales at 6. He carried ball and not very well. Stood out of rucks and generally was poor. He got beat in the air by Matfield for ball at lineout. Lineouts became to predictable and as lineout captain he needed to address it. Should have been subbed.</p><p>07 <strong>Sam Warburton</strong>. 8/10. A good start for Williams understudy. Made some superb jackles, tackles and breaks. Took a battering and did go MIA part way through second half. Reason? The same as what Martyn Williams faces when he is at 7 for Wales. Wales need a blindside who will work like a dog and add physicality. Something Thomas fails to offer Wales at 6. Was subbed purely for the fact he was battered up by the shear physicalness of the SA back row. </p><p>08 <strong>Ryan Jones</strong>. 6/10. Did the basics well. Needs to show some more inspiration at times on the park. Needs to find his form from some years ago. Only 5 or so caps away from beating Ieuan Evans record for most caps as Wales captain also. Yet his silly offside towards the end cost Wales a draw.</p><p></p><p>09 <strong>Mike Phillips</strong>. 6/10. Boy was poor. Yes he seems to offer himself as a physical 9 but today he was outstandingly poor. Decision making was very poor. to many times did he take the ball upon himself when the ball should have gone. His awareness was dreadful he never really looked up to see who was available. His slowness at the break down meant Wales had to over commit to rucks and in the end options were not there. I can't see how everyone here thinks he had a good game. He may of made a break or so but c'mon his service was dreadful and he read the game terribly.</p><p>10 <strong>Stephen Jones</strong>. 7/10. Standard from the man from the Scarlets. Kicked well, tackled well and did what he could with the ball he was given.</p><p>11 <strong>Tom Prydie</strong>. 8/10. Outstanding from the youngster and a real one for the future. Took his try well and made a solid tackle at the beginning of the game to get him some confidence. Without the tackle probably a poor game would have followed. Had the confidence to round a man but the kick was slightly off. Hopefully the media won't big him up to much over the coming summer.</p><p>12 <strong>Jamie Roberts</strong>. 8/10. SA centers struggled to contain him and he seems to love running at Bok centres. As one SA fan sat next to me commented 'Roberts loves eating our centers up!'.</p><p>13 <strong>James Hook</strong>. 8/10. Great vision for the intercept try. Kicked well and looks good at 13. Needed more ball though.</p><p>14 <strong>Leigh Halfpenny</strong>. 6/10. Donning a white scrum hat, some would think he would be the new Angle of the Wings. Sadly not that true. Had a quiet game today.</p><p>15 <strong>Lee Byrne</strong>. 5/10. Poor, looked weak under the high ball and when he took that penalty in a cocky manner you could sense an uneasy atmosphere towards him in the stadium and in particular where I was sitting. Needs his head bashing together and needs to get a grip. Has not shown his form since the Lions for Wales yet.</p><p></p><p><strong>John Yapp</strong>. 7/10. Yapp at loosehead is a good option. Did well when he came on. Not a great replacement but does the job as third string loosehead.</p><p><strong>Alun-Wyn Jones</strong>. 9/10. 3 Tackles in the 1st minuet he was on the park. Brought much needed fear and energy off the bench. Should have been brought on earlier. Took his try well from an outstanding piece of work from Warburton.</p><p><strong>Rob McCusker</strong>. - Should have replaced Jon Thomas at half time.</p><p></p><p><strong>Warren Gatland </strong>- Questions must be raised over Gatland and his use of subs and the game plan. Why have a bench when you don't use it. McCusker / Rees / Wyn-Jones should have been introduced earlier. He criticised players such as Jon Thomas in post match interview but yet did nothing to alter the gameplan or sub the players out.</p><p><strong>Shaun Edwards</strong> - Defence was suspect when the game was broken up. Work needed in this area.</p><p><strong>Rob Howley</strong> - Back play is generally good. When Phillips decides to release the ball quicker then the backs look dangerous.</p><p><strong>Robin McBryde</strong> - Why is he even the Wales forwards coach. The forwards look weak and its time for Gatland to look at addressing the forwards. As a forwards coach why is he not seeing the lineouts as a problem? I tell you what Wales need to stop over complicating things and becoming predictable. Simple the better. Ospreys did this against Leinster and it was very good to watch.</p><p></p><p><strong>Alan Lewis</strong>. I think he needs to go back and look at the rule book on a few things. Constant infringing at scrum time, off the ball ****les and many a knock on missed was both his fault and also his touch judges fault. IRB need to sort interpretations out of games quickly. The breakdown as ever was a farce, even more so when releasing the tackler was not being officiated! Adam Jones was penalised for this but yet it was a constant problem throughout the game. No doubt the SA fans will be saying that Lewis reffed well purely for the fact that they won the game. I doubt many would be in the same boat had SA lost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Cymro, post: 319412, member: 40909"] 01 [B]Paul James[/B]. 6/10. Scrummaged well and did well at line out time. Yet he offers nothing round the park in the way Gethin does. Rucking is good but he is not a ball carrier. 02 [B]Mathew Rees[/B]. 9/10. Simply outstanding from the Welsh hooker, carried well, threw in well and was very prominent around the park. 03 [B]Adam Jones[/B]. 8/10. Injury forced him off but he destroyed CJ Van Der Linde at scrum time. Made a couple of crucial tackles. Underlines that without him and Gethin Wales would without a doubt struggle. Also his small run during the first half was priceless. 04 [B]Bradley Davies[/B]. 9/10. Work from the boiler man was outstanding today. Really showed he is coming of age. Tackled, ran well but needs some work on his lineout jumping. 05 [B]Deiniol Jones[/B]. 5/10. Won ball in the lineout and that was pretty much it. Disappeared before eventually being subbed. 06 [B]Jonathan Thomas[/B]. 4/10. Can't think what he currently offers Wales at 6. He carried ball and not very well. Stood out of rucks and generally was poor. He got beat in the air by Matfield for ball at lineout. Lineouts became to predictable and as lineout captain he needed to address it. Should have been subbed. 07 [B]Sam Warburton[/B]. 8/10. A good start for Williams understudy. Made some superb jackles, tackles and breaks. Took a battering and did go MIA part way through second half. Reason? The same as what Martyn Williams faces when he is at 7 for Wales. Wales need a blindside who will work like a dog and add physicality. Something Thomas fails to offer Wales at 6. Was subbed purely for the fact he was battered up by the shear physicalness of the SA back row. 08 [B]Ryan Jones[/B]. 6/10. Did the basics well. Needs to show some more inspiration at times on the park. Needs to find his form from some years ago. Only 5 or so caps away from beating Ieuan Evans record for most caps as Wales captain also. Yet his silly offside towards the end cost Wales a draw. 09 [B]Mike Phillips[/B]. 6/10. Boy was poor. Yes he seems to offer himself as a physical 9 but today he was outstandingly poor. Decision making was very poor. to many times did he take the ball upon himself when the ball should have gone. His awareness was dreadful he never really looked up to see who was available. His slowness at the break down meant Wales had to over commit to rucks and in the end options were not there. I can't see how everyone here thinks he had a good game. He may of made a break or so but c'mon his service was dreadful and he read the game terribly. 10 [B]Stephen Jones[/B]. 7/10. Standard from the man from the Scarlets. Kicked well, tackled well and did what he could with the ball he was given. 11 [B]Tom Prydie[/B]. 8/10. Outstanding from the youngster and a real one for the future. Took his try well and made a solid tackle at the beginning of the game to get him some confidence. Without the tackle probably a poor game would have followed. Had the confidence to round a man but the kick was slightly off. Hopefully the media won't big him up to much over the coming summer. 12 [B]Jamie Roberts[/B]. 8/10. SA centers struggled to contain him and he seems to love running at Bok centres. As one SA fan sat next to me commented 'Roberts loves eating our centers up!'. 13 [B]James Hook[/B]. 8/10. Great vision for the intercept try. Kicked well and looks good at 13. Needed more ball though. 14 [B]Leigh Halfpenny[/B]. 6/10. Donning a white scrum hat, some would think he would be the new Angle of the Wings. Sadly not that true. Had a quiet game today. 15 [B]Lee Byrne[/B]. 5/10. Poor, looked weak under the high ball and when he took that penalty in a cocky manner you could sense an uneasy atmosphere towards him in the stadium and in particular where I was sitting. Needs his head bashing together and needs to get a grip. Has not shown his form since the Lions for Wales yet. [B]John Yapp[/B]. 7/10. Yapp at loosehead is a good option. Did well when he came on. Not a great replacement but does the job as third string loosehead. [B]Alun-Wyn Jones[/B]. 9/10. 3 Tackles in the 1st minuet he was on the park. Brought much needed fear and energy off the bench. Should have been brought on earlier. Took his try well from an outstanding piece of work from Warburton. [B]Rob McCusker[/B]. - Should have replaced Jon Thomas at half time. [B]Warren Gatland [/B]- Questions must be raised over Gatland and his use of subs and the game plan. Why have a bench when you don't use it. McCusker / Rees / Wyn-Jones should have been introduced earlier. He criticised players such as Jon Thomas in post match interview but yet did nothing to alter the gameplan or sub the players out. [B]Shaun Edwards[/B] - Defence was suspect when the game was broken up. Work needed in this area. [B]Rob Howley[/B] - Back play is generally good. When Phillips decides to release the ball quicker then the backs look dangerous. [B]Robin McBryde[/B] - Why is he even the Wales forwards coach. The forwards look weak and its time for Gatland to look at addressing the forwards. As a forwards coach why is he not seeing the lineouts as a problem? I tell you what Wales need to stop over complicating things and becoming predictable. Simple the better. Ospreys did this against Leinster and it was very good to watch. [B]Alan Lewis[/B]. I think he needs to go back and look at the rule book on a few things. Constant infringing at scrum time, off the ball ****les and many a knock on missed was both his fault and also his touch judges fault. IRB need to sort interpretations out of games quickly. The breakdown as ever was a farce, even more so when releasing the tackler was not being officiated! Adam Jones was penalised for this but yet it was a constant problem throughout the game. No doubt the SA fans will be saying that Lewis reffed well purely for the fact that they won the game. I doubt many would be in the same boat had SA lost. [/QUOTE]
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