FRANS STEYN

SEVEN MINUTES to go in the 2007 Test between South Africa and Australia. The hosts were three points behind on the scoreboard. Frans Steyn raced back to field a clearance. He could have played the percentages. He could have carried the ball upfield to set up a ruck or passed to a team-mate in a better position to counter-attack.

Steyn’s position on the field – a few metres from the touchline and 50 metres