Was Pretorius the difference?

I recall reading a while back on the impact of poor flyhalf play on a backline. The theory went that the backline takes its attacking and defensive lines from the flyhalf. When the flyhalf messes up his line by moving early or late, drifting across, etc, the entire backline and often the inside channel, struggles to compensate.

I recall reading this as a diagnosis for De Wet Barry and Marius Joubert's poor 2005 Super 12 play. 'Nuff said about the impact of a flyhalf there...

This last Saturday. Andre Pretorius had a stormer and I believe this allowed Jean de Villiers and Jaques Fourie to run the lines they did.

Fans have short memories - think back to the second test against the French on the 25th of June. Jaco van der Westhuizen had a fantastic day then and the backs dictated play.