Pity Jake has no Faith in Brent, he worlds best finnisher! Percy best Kicker by far, byut Finnisher, he is not.

Jake listen to great rugby minds, Pick Brent

Monty was one of the main reasons for the Sharks success in the S14 & sure he wasn’t in best kicking form but 7 tries is speak for themselves even if they are intercepted.

Monty is not being properly
I haven’t seen monty get a proper ball in a backline move at speed since the first scotland test when he scored!

I’ll vote for monty…

I played outside centre for the thirds and came on once as fullback for the seconds.
I was unstoppable.

The opposing 10 kicked the ball downfield, I gathered on the second bounce.
I sidestepped, I swerved, I Handed Off and I evaded a tackle.
I beat a few Props and Locks for pace and chrashed throug the tackle of the scrummie.

Then I passed.
Out.

I agree with you 100%.

Monty has played every position in the backline,was coached at school by HO De Villiers and has been chosen by every Springbok coach if my memory serves me correct.

Form is temporary,class is permanent.

And as Danie Craven would say..check the scoreboard and see how many points he has scored for the Springboks.

You must have very short memories to not remember the dismal games (and seasons) that Andre Joubert had.

In losing teams that performed poorly, Andre Joubert looked just as bad as Percy did on Saturday.

And if you’re going to critisize Percy’s defence then you really shouldn’t be mentioning Andre Joubert, because I dont think there has ever been a worse defensive fullback in Springbok history.

I’ll never forget Andre Joubert leaking tackles in countless games because of poor defensive play and a lack of courage/commitment in the tackle.

Reality check people – Andre Joubert had a few good seasons just like Percy, but when Joubert was bad….he was VERY bad…

Percy Montgomery looked bad on Saturday just as every other player in the team did. When you’re constantly on the back foot, under preasure, and trailing by 20 or more points, you’re always going to try overcompensate, and this is just going to lead to even worse play.

It wouldn’t have mattered who was playing fullback on Saturday.

Also keep in mind that in a position like Fullback you are more exposed than any other player and you’ll always be forced to clean up the mess made by other players – so when your wings, centres, flanks, etc. are missing tackles you’re going to be left with the job.

Percy puts his heart into every match he plays and he might not be perfect (critisism of him under the high-ball is fair), but he’s still the best 15 we have, and when the rest of the team does their job and he can play his own game, then he consistently delivers.

Dont have such short memories and stop trying to romantisize players of the past era as though they were perfect.

They weren’t – they were just as flawed and they never played at the same level of profesional competition as today. Gysie, HO, Andre….they would have all looked bad on Saturday.

Cheers