Simnikiwe Xabanisa, writing for the South African Times , picks apart the Springboks.
"As the Springbok coach and captain groped for elusive positives from their defeat against the Wallabies last weekend, one couldn't help but reach the illogical conclusion that they could also be telling us: "We told you so."
One of our national pastimes appears to be putting together teams based on form. If our armchair selections are anything to go by, we live and die by the adage that you're only as good as the last quarter you played.
Our many Bok barometers, which hardly ever feature regular Springboks, and the fact that we complain about Sarel Pretorius's omission - when the truth is he would be hard-pressed to make a similar impact at test level as he did in Super rugby - tend to confirm this.
Former Springbok coach Jake White used to say the best players don't always make the best teams."
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