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[2016 Rugby Championship] Argentina v South Africa (27/08/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 813467" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>First of all, there is no way you can measure a national side against a Super Rugby team. The opposition is of higher quality at national level and coaches have very little time to prepare their teams for the upcoming matches as opposed to Super Rugby teams that start their preparation 3 months in advance.</p><p></p><p>If you took the time to read the news articles, you would see that the Springbok Coach and his players all say the exact same thing. They will not deviate from traditional Springbok Rugby playing style, only to enhance it. And I think we saw glimpses of that last week. Dominate up front and get the backs into space. Sure our handling and poor kicking got us more on the back foot. But when we did get good front foot ball, we got over the advantage line every time. If it wasn't for the Argentines negative play at the rucks, I'm sure there would have been a lot more tries.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Altitude should favour all SA players apart from the Stormers and Sharks teams who are at the coast. But not only that, but while the Boks were training ahead of the first test, they trained at a facility at altitude so they are used to the thinner air.</p><p></p><p>And correct me if I'm wrong, but from the past 3 tests South Africa has played, they were the ones who were able to make the step up in the second half, especially during the last 15 minutes, which lead to them getting 2 come-from-behind wins...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 813467, member: 40658"] First of all, there is no way you can measure a national side against a Super Rugby team. The opposition is of higher quality at national level and coaches have very little time to prepare their teams for the upcoming matches as opposed to Super Rugby teams that start their preparation 3 months in advance. If you took the time to read the news articles, you would see that the Springbok Coach and his players all say the exact same thing. They will not deviate from traditional Springbok Rugby playing style, only to enhance it. And I think we saw glimpses of that last week. Dominate up front and get the backs into space. Sure our handling and poor kicking got us more on the back foot. But when we did get good front foot ball, we got over the advantage line every time. If it wasn't for the Argentines negative play at the rucks, I'm sure there would have been a lot more tries. Altitude should favour all SA players apart from the Stormers and Sharks teams who are at the coast. But not only that, but while the Boks were training ahead of the first test, they trained at a facility at altitude so they are used to the thinner air. And correct me if I'm wrong, but from the past 3 tests South Africa has played, they were the ones who were able to make the step up in the second half, especially during the last 15 minutes, which lead to them getting 2 come-from-behind wins... [/QUOTE]
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