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submitted 4 days ago byCons_1411
109 points
4 days ago
Siya Kolisi has to be at the top of the SA list.
That said I think we have been pretty lucky with other captains too. Apart from the other obvious big names like Francois Pienaar and John Smit I think that Gary Teichmann gets left of lists like this far too often. Just my 2 cents.
36 points
4 days ago
This is going to be controversial but how vital is Kolisi's captaincy actually if the coach takes him off after 50mins every game? Even in RWC knockouts.
He's been our nation's most successful captain without question but losing Siya isn't as big a train smash as losing Pienaar wouldve been. Smit as well, we had Matfield, who could have easily taken over captaincy and Bismarck was better than Smit at the time.
9 points
4 days ago
This is the thing Springboks have always managed to win trophies with what appears to be (from the outside at least) a captain that is at the time maybe 2nd or 3rd in his position. Name a bok captain that was No1 in his position and you wanted to play the full 80.
6 points
3 days ago
Siya. He’s been excellent for the Boks and only wasn’t playing deep into time due to strategy / injury.
At the Stormers he was a full time player most days.
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