Yesterday, me and Morne had a little discussion regarding Wynand Olivier and his alleged position as the No. 1 inside centre in South Africa.

Now, to go on a rant and write 30 paragraphs of opinionated nonsense would only spark debate and arguments and bring us nothing nearer to an informed decision. So I decided to go the other route, the statistical route, and I downloaded the statistics of the 5 most prominent inside centres in South Africa for the first 5 rounds of Super Rugby.

Olivier for the Bulls, De Jongh for the Stormers, Bosman for the Cheetahs, Le Grange for the Lions and because the Sharks were somewhat inconsistent with selection (which might be a reason behind their failures) I chose Riaan Swanepoel, who played the last 3 games for the Sharks, as he had the most exposure, Jacobs had two games at 12 and Strauss only one.

I thought I knew what I was going to find, but I was wrong, the statistics paints a very interesting picture:

Statistics courtesy of ruggastats.com

Basically I will let the stats speak for themselves, Juan de Jongh coming out top in 3 of the 5 categories, and Wynand not in one. Β Let’s debate this brothers, because I am 100% sure, that none of us expected this.

132 Responses to The search for 12…

  • 91

    #89
    in fact
    ek dink daai 1 game
    was genoeg om de jongh verby te steek!! 😯

  • 92

    Moenie worrie oor Whitehead nie Ash,

    Objectivity was nog nooit ‘n prerequisite vi “beste” type posts nie, hehe!!

  • 93

    #90
    ja nΓͺ?
    dink nog altyd al wat cullert is, dra Γ± oukapi nΓͺ?

  • 94

    fender @ 92
    exactly!!

  • 95

    89: Ashley, jy het vergeet om die Ikeys binne-senter nr.3 te maak, Paul Roos se senter nr.4 te maak, en Laerskool Riebeeckstad se senter nr.5 te maak !

    Whitehead gaan seker nog een wedstryd in die S14 speel, en daarna is hy ‘n bok.

    Een ding wat die res van die SA spanne weet, en dit is, as jy ‘n Bok word, dan verdien jy dit, nie soos daar onder in die kaap waar jy vir die bokke gekies word, net as jy ‘n toksak het nie !

  • 96

    @ 92 & @ 93 … πŸ˜†

    Oukei, ek’s eers uit.

    Cheers julle.

    Mooi loop.

  • 97

    bdb @ 95
    lmao
    ok ek verdien dit seker omdat ek hom bo WO gekies het, lol
    maar
    op Γ± ernstiger noot …. die outjie het my impress
    sal graag meer van hom in die s14 wil sien!!

  • 98

    blouste @ 96
    byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bloues
    thank you for leaving!!! πŸ˜†

  • 99

    97: sal sien hoe ontwikkel hy, dit is goed dat ons al meer diepte in SA kry op senter. Losskakel is maar die groot probleem nog steeds: daar is MS en dan is daar niks !

  • 100

    #95 bdb

    Interesting point that dbd.

    It got me thinking about what it takes to become a Bok captain. Maybe Gary and Chilli can explain that one to us? πŸ˜‰

  • 101

  • 102

    100: Was Gary al bokkaptein, nie geweet nie ? Maar as hy was, was hy seker ‘n goeie een. Chili is ‘n gebore leier, nie so goeie speler nie, maar baie goeie leier.

  • 103

    Sien al hoe kies PDV die hele WP span weer vir die 3N, dan is die CB weer daarmee heen πŸ˜‰

  • 104

    bdb @ 103
    hehehe
    darem nou nie almal nie …. seker net willem de waal ytie squad yt watitie ga makie πŸ˜‰

  • 105

    104: hehehe !

    Ja, uit die Bulle sal ek niemand kies nie, los hul dat hul almal CB speel hierdie jaar.

  • 106

    bdb @ 105
    jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa boet!!
    as jy hulle byrie hys wil los, moet djy ma soe maak!!

  • 107

    106: sien jou 2de span speel nie die naweek nie, nou kan jy saterdag jou blou trui aantrek en die Bulle ‘support’ !

  • 108

    victor matfield had bought a ticket to ride a ferryboat. When he got down to the ferry he found there was a queue for the next boat, so victor decided to go for a drink in the nearby pub.

    When he got back to the ferry slip, the ferryboat was just eight feet from the dock. victor, afraid of missing the ferry, took a running leap and landed right on the deck of the boat.

    “How did you like that jump, buddy?” said a proud victor to a deck hand.

    “It was great,” said the sailor. “But why didn’t you wait? We were just pulling in!”

  • 109

    bdb @ 107
    sal skree vir julle ja
    maar daai blou trui aantrek? noooooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiit!!

  • 110

    109: ons sal die Force solank vir julle sag maak. πŸ˜‰

  • 111

    bdb @ 110
    thanks bru
    maar
    is regtagie nodigie!! πŸ˜€

  • 112

    A man meets a friend and sees that his friend’s car is total write-off and covered with leaves, grass, branches, dirt and blood.
    He asks his friend ‘What’s happened to your car ?’
    ‘Well,’ the friend responds, ‘I ran over Richie McCaw’.
    ‘OK,’ says the man, ‘that explains the blood… But what about the leaves, the grass, the branches and the dirt ?’
    ‘Well, he tried to escape through the park.’

  • 113

    Did you hear that the Post Office has had to recall their latest stamps?
    They had pictures of the All Blacks players on them.
    People couldn’t figure out which side to spit on.

  • 114

    hmmmmmm,
    sien ek praat alweer kak met myself!!

  • 115

    Is hulle alweer lelik met jou Ash? Nes jy kom gesels dan loop almal.

  • 116

    hokaai @ 115
    πŸ˜† ja, lykie die ouens laaik my deodorant (or lack thereof) nie!!

  • 117

    ok guys
    eks uit
    chat weer mΓ΄re!!

  • 118

    Ok, so waar is almal vanaand?

    Wat gaan aan wat ek nie van weet nie πŸ˜•

  • 119

    I like Wynand but he battled to make the step up during the world cup….I said give him a chance back with the province as this was probably due to lack of game time as much as anything. When they toured last year and the other times he looked alright. But he isnt in the top three or even five centres in the world and that is what we want in a Bok….Alternatives? I say Habana, with his loss of pace and bulking up and excellent tackling he fits the role very well and has played there before, Wynand on the bench and the new N Tvl no 11 on the wing for the Boks….play this combination at year end, then decide. Our big problem is front row and that must be sorted more than anything else.

  • 120

    i see I am all alone tonite.

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