De Bruin: Skosan a special player
ON FIRE: EXCITING LIONS WING RAN THE REDS RAGGED
Wing partner Madosh Tambwe a prospect for future.
Flying Lions wing Courtnall Skosan is suddenly hot property, but his recent rise to Super Rugby stardom hasn’t come as a major surprise to the brainstrust at the union.
Skosan’s four-try Man-of-theMatch heroics against the Reds at Ellis Park deepened the burning question why he is not already a Springbok.
Lions backline coach Swys de Bruin, who could be the frontrunner if Johan Ackermann’s position becomes vacant, said the 25-yearold Skosan’s work ethic hads brought him just reward.
“He trains extremely hard and I am so glad for him,” said De Bruin.
“It’s fantastic when a winger in any game scores four tries. But he also had to work for them, so in my opinion it was his night.”
De Bruin said however there were still things to work before their away game to the Kings this weekend, despite their 44-14 victory.
“Seven tries were great, but it could have been a few more,” said De Bruin.
With his achievement Skosan became the first Lions player to score four tries in a match after eight Cats and Lions players had shared the previous record of three.
“Courtnall is a special player, he is a great guy to have in the backline and he is a leader,” De Bruin said.
On the other wing, Madosh Tambwe came close to scoring on at least three occasions in his debut match.
“Madoshie is something else, he is going to play many more games,” said De Bruin, with a big smile on his face.
“Tambwe is still young at 20 and he will grow,” said De Bruin.
“He must just keep on working on what he has already shown already.
“There is definitely a couple of work-ons but there are special qualities that are hiding there,” added De Bruin.