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[2014 TRC] Argentina v South Africa in Salta (23/08/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 666793" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>I feel really bad for the Argentinians, this would have done them and their supporters a world of good and they probably deserved it.</p><p>The best I can say is that at least Meyer seems to have instilled a culture where the players never see losing as an option.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately as much as I like them Pollard and de Allende probably still have some growing to do. We didn't get much fast clean ball and while it's tempting to blame Pienaar the Argies contested the ruck extremely well and he was under a lot of pressure, Hougard looked better in this regard but he does have more strength than Pienaar does.</p><p></p><p>In the end our tight five (and Juan Smith) let us down. even when you're a team that can swing the ball around if you're getting out muscled in the loose and out thought in the kicking game it's always going to be difficult to execute a game plan.</p><p></p><p>Not even sure what we can change, hopefully our young locks will come back next week but we just don't have tight five options at the moment.</p><p>Anyway I have to admit I succumbed to hubris before these matches began. Well down Argies for feeding the Bokke (and me) some humble pie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 666793, member: 59145"] I feel really bad for the Argentinians, this would have done them and their supporters a world of good and they probably deserved it. The best I can say is that at least Meyer seems to have instilled a culture where the players never see losing as an option. Unfortunately as much as I like them Pollard and de Allende probably still have some growing to do. We didn't get much fast clean ball and while it's tempting to blame Pienaar the Argies contested the ruck extremely well and he was under a lot of pressure, Hougard looked better in this regard but he does have more strength than Pienaar does. In the end our tight five (and Juan Smith) let us down. even when you're a team that can swing the ball around if you're getting out muscled in the loose and out thought in the kicking game it's always going to be difficult to execute a game plan. Not even sure what we can change, hopefully our young locks will come back next week but we just don't have tight five options at the moment. Anyway I have to admit I succumbed to hubris before these matches began. Well down Argies for feeding the Bokke (and me) some humble pie. [/QUOTE]
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