RUCK N ROLL
GAVIN RICH: Rugby no longer winging it as new stars sprint into view
The new wave of wings coming through is proof that progress is happening
Call out the names. Courtnall Skosan, Ruan Combrinck, Aphiwe Dyantyi, and now Madosh Tambwe — the Lions will face a few selection headaches when all their wings are fit. Tambwe wouldn’t have been there to score four tries against the Stormers this past week had Springbok incumbent Skosan not been down with a long-term injury. Neither would the electrifying Dyantyi, now also out injured, have won two man-of-the-match awards at the start of the Super Rugby season. But whether the result would have been very different had Skosan and not Dyantyi or Tambwe been on the wing in the first half of the competition is an interesting question. For while Dyantyi and Tambwe contributed moments of individual brilliance, the revolution in playing style is the reason this is shaping up as the year of the wing, not just at the Lions but in SA generally. The Lions have been on the same stylistic path since their Currie Cup triumph in 2011, but the turning point for the rest of the country may well hav...
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