Of the four props that were selected for the Tahs you might postulate that Barratt had the best game. He was certainly top 2. But AFL converted is right, he got thoroughly worked over in the scrum in the first 20. While he was good around the park, a props first duty is the scrum and the rest is sugar coating. It was good strategy to have him do his 20 minutes early rather than late - credit to Coleman for that. Tupou would have killed him. He's going to be a great Tah prop but he's not ready yet.
The real issue is that Johnson-Holmes has totally regressed over the last two seasons and is a shadow of his former self. Not saying he was a world beater then, but he was solid. Now he looks down on confidence and down on strength. Tom Ross looks better than him and he looked pretty bad last night too.
Botha and Holtz are still a couple of weeks away, Botha might be back next week, but might not. Holtz has been out for about 12 months, so the cavalry are a long way off. Brumbies away next week, Crusaders in Sydney the week after. Both those teams are fearsome scrummagers. Time for me to take a holiday at the South Pole I think.
