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[2017 Rugby Championship] Round 4: New Zealand v South Africa (16/09/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 872786" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>57-nil.</p><p>It's not even worth ragging on my Saffer acquaintances.</p><p>That is a scoreline that makes the victory hollow.</p><p>No, I am not getting down on my AB's for winning by too much.</p><p>The AB's played a fabulous entertaining game of running rugby and I loved watching the tries, but...</p><p>When a top tier side, who have genuinely looked like they were turning the corner and coming back into some old school form gets a drubbing like this, it doesn't feel right.</p><p>The coach/manager needs a rocket. Defence, defence, defence.</p><p>They also need to move quickly to convince the playing squad that this was a one game aberration, a blip, and it can be resolved and progress can continue.</p><p>Last week they held Aussie to a draw away in Perth.</p><p></p><p>Galumay mentioned prior to the game that the AB's had not put together a perfomance they were completely happy with this year and a big effort was due and it came against the Bokke.</p><p>There wasn't a team on the planet that could live with that kind of AB performance.</p><p>That doesn't mean the AB's are unbeatable, far from it, because the AB's don't always play as well as this for 80 minutes. In fact this would be the first time this year they have put this kind of performance together.</p><p>Last week they struggled with Argentina.</p><p>They are still undergoing transitional aspects in their personnel.</p><p></p><p>The hard part for me to understand is where was the hard grit in defence I expect from a Springbok team?</p><p>South African teams are tough, they fight hard all the way to the line and you have to earn your victories against them.</p><p>This result has no reflection of the core values you expect from a Bok side.</p><p>So the win feels kind of hollow...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 872786, member: 70721"] 57-nil. It's not even worth ragging on my Saffer acquaintances. That is a scoreline that makes the victory hollow. No, I am not getting down on my AB's for winning by too much. The AB's played a fabulous entertaining game of running rugby and I loved watching the tries, but... When a top tier side, who have genuinely looked like they were turning the corner and coming back into some old school form gets a drubbing like this, it doesn't feel right. The coach/manager needs a rocket. Defence, defence, defence. They also need to move quickly to convince the playing squad that this was a one game aberration, a blip, and it can be resolved and progress can continue. Last week they held Aussie to a draw away in Perth. Galumay mentioned prior to the game that the AB's had not put together a perfomance they were completely happy with this year and a big effort was due and it came against the Bokke. There wasn't a team on the planet that could live with that kind of AB performance. That doesn't mean the AB's are unbeatable, far from it, because the AB's don't always play as well as this for 80 minutes. In fact this would be the first time this year they have put this kind of performance together. Last week they struggled with Argentina. They are still undergoing transitional aspects in their personnel. The hard part for me to understand is where was the hard grit in defence I expect from a Springbok team? South African teams are tough, they fight hard all the way to the line and you have to earn your victories against them. This result has no reflection of the core values you expect from a Bok side. So the win feels kind of hollow... [/QUOTE]
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