Bok rugby has always been built around big, brash, bollocking bruisers up front. That's still a fundamental of the game but we need to find finesse too. Right now we all brute force and little to no finesse.
Yup, that’s the thing. Not only bok rugby but rugby in RSA generally, including schools.
Asking the bok side to fundamentally change the way they play to game to something like how NZ plays the game (and then beat them at their own game) is the same as asking for transformation to take place instantly at the top level off the game (and then retain the quality of the side…)
NZ plays how they are taught from school level. If you want to play like them, I’m afraid you’ll need time and a mindset change from junior level rugby coaches/schools.
Nothing wrong in the way we want to play the game. If it comes off, it comes off big time. It has won us WC’s, Lions series and S14’s. We just need to tweak and find ways the scores tries again.
The execution sorely lacks and there are too many unforced errors creeping in time and time again. The bulls kick and chase was successful because of constant highly accurate kicks. We can't kick this accurately anymore, why is this?
It wasn’t necessarily our game plan letting us down over the weekend. We screwed up all our line outs….something we are traditionally strong in.
As I understand Meyer will probably continue coaching. I do however wish we can have an eddy jones as backline coach / assistant coach permanently for the next four years though.
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