Seeking consistency
Elton Jantjies is an enigma. One can never be sure whether the genius or the impostor will wear the No 10 jersey on any given Saturday.
One can never be certain that a white-hot attacking display against a top-ranked side won’t be succeeded by a mistake-ridden performance the very next week.
While he remains one of the best fly-halves in the country and one of the most dangerous attacking players in the world, Jantjies is yet to make the Springbok No 10 jersey his own.
His strengths and weaknesses have been debated at length in the media, with some coming to the conclusion that the problem is as much mental as it is physical.
Last year, Rassie Erasmus waded into the debate and offered up a theory of his own. The Boks coach said Jantjies’ long struggle for consistency may be linked to fatigue.
The fly-half was on the park
