Gavin Hunt compares new goal-scoring sensation to Bafana Bafana legend

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/plaatjies-quwan/bFzoyny9/"]Plaatjies[/a] became the first player in Premier Soccer League history to score a hat-trick on debut when he netted three times against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marumo-gallants/Gnghzo3C/"]Marumo Gallants[/a] on Friday.[/p][p]He might be a new name to many, but for those who saw him scoring for fun in the Diski Challenge competition, it will come as no surprise.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hunt-gavin/j5M8lDXj/"]Hunt[/a] was effusive in his praise after selecting the 20-year-old ahead of the likes of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grobler-bradley/KSW5mdPK/"]Bradley Grobler[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/du-preez-ashley/pYO694Ob/"]Ashley du Preez[/a].[/p][embed guid="798604b3-1713-48ef-a13a-9d9904427d67" url="https://x.com/StellenboschFC/status/2088373336774676594?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]“He's not a striker, this boy, he's a goal scorer. Now there's a big difference for me,”[/b] Hunt said.[/p][p][b]“He is like ... if I'm going to say this it’ll be all over the media ... like Mark Williams. The build-ups, you don't get him involved, but he can score goals.[/b][/p][p][b]“I saw him in preseason. I thought, ‘my God’, you know? And the name, when I saw his name as well, I mean, I hope he's not a road runner!”[/b] added Hunt, in reference to South African athlete Mark Plaatjies, who later ran for the US at the World Championships in 1993.[/p][p][b]“He's a natural goal scorer, and that's hard to find. And there's a difference between a striker and a goal scorer. The striker holds it up, and you can run, and, you know, you press, and this guy scores goals.[/b][/p][p][b]“In training, he scores goals every day, and in the preseason, he was scoring goals. And I thought, ‘Yeah, tonight's the night at home’. You know, I wouldn't have played him in our first two away games; it was a bit early for that.”[/b][/p][embed guid="2ff2e2b5-7dcb-4f11-b2dd-a2e1f51d6a02" url="https://x.com/StellenboschFC/status/2088528672802169318?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Plaatjies’ first goal was a composed finish from the edge of the box before two headers from pinpoint crosses by fellow academy product Raoul Daniels sealed his history-making milestone.[/p][p]Williams netted both goals off the bench as Bafana beat Tunisia 2-0 in the final of the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations. He was a consummate goal-poacher who also played in England with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wolves/j3Azpf5d/"]Wolverhampton Wanderers[/a], as well as having stints in Brazil, Belgium and China.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stellenbosch-fc/fJsWcA5b/"]Stellenbosch[/a] are next in action away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/golden-arrows/C6CjDdNg/"]Lamontville Golden Arrows[/a] on August 26.[/p]