The forgotten star ignored by the Springboks during the bowels of 14 years

There are many talented and exciting players who never had a chance to play for their national team. One of them is Sarel Pretorius. At his best, Pretorius, now 36 and playing Pro14 rugby with the Southern Kings, was one of the game's most exciting scrum halves.

He had a knack for breaking open opposition defenses and trying to score. Despite his last Super Rugby season in 2015, he still holds multiple records for a scrumhalf in the main competition in the southern hemisphere. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices.

The Pretorius livewire has scored the most attempts 19 of any South African scrumhalf in Super Rugby during the decade 2011-2020 and the fourth most of all No.9. Pretorius is the only scrumhalf in South Africa that has recorded more than 50 downloads 73 and clean breaks 52, as he gained the most meters 1,904 of any South African player in the last decade.

He recorded those stats playing for two teams, the Cheetahs and Waratahs, in one season - 2012. Pretorius was South Africa's Super Rugby Performer of the Year in 2011. He was also the top point scorer in Super 15 that year.

Although he was featured prominently in the statistics department, Pretorius never reached the test level of rugby, and, at his mature age, it most likely will never happen. The closest he got to the test level was playing for the emerging Springboks. The other top scrumhalf for South Africa in the past decade is Ross Cronje of the Lions. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website.

Ross Cronje

Cronje has produced the most number of attempted participation (seven attempts, 30 assists on attempts) of any South African number 9 in this period. Cronje 104 is the only South African scrumhalf to have defeated more than 100 defenders in Super Rugby in the past decade and one of only five overall in his position.

Two New Zealanders, the Hurricanes 'Thomas Perenara 107 and the Highlanders' Aaron Smith 105, lead the way for the most attempts at scrum-halves in the last decade of Super Rugby. No other number 9 has reached the century mark at that time.

Perenara's position at the top is even more impressive considering the fact that he is the only player overall in Super Rugby in the last 10 years who has logged more than 50 attempts and more than 50 attempts assists, in fact exceptional effort.

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