Willie le Roux is the most underrated player in world rugby today. The Bok brand undervalues players. If he was Australian, French or a New Zealander, heck even English he'd have even higher stock.
To be fair trying to play the AB/AUS approach against NH teams when it's a little foreign to you might get Heyneke fired at the end of this tour so let's give him a pass on this one. Trust me come the WC, both AUS&NZ will play the kicking game if they want to stand a chance to win the WWE.
The players need to get used to a flowing running type of game. They already know how to lose against the ABs with a kicking game. This is the perfect opportunity to play the ball wide and keep possession.
Irish 6-0 up. They look good to score at least 2 converted tries. Do you see the Boks scoring 20+ points for the rest of the match?
100% And I like what I'm seeing. They just need to settle and we'll see![]()
Still kicking too much imo. Hope they settle into a running game
I agree. But as long as they kick for the corner and kick OUT I'm fine with it.
The players need to get used to a flowing running type of game. They already know how to lose against the ABs with a kicking game. This is the perfect opportunity to play the ball wide and keep possession.