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[2016 Super Rugby] Hurricanes vs. Lions (The Final) 06/08/2016
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 810090" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Perhaps it's new to you. But I see a lot of similarities between the Lions, and the Bulls that won the Super Rugby Championship a few years ago. Dominant forward pack, solid scrumhalf and exciting wingers along with a solid flyhalf.</p><p></p><p>Remember that Bryan Habana scored some brilliant tries also from the bulls own 22. Pierre Spies at no. 8 was a monster behind the scrum and used the scrum to score tries and get out of danger.</p><p></p><p>What I do agree with is the fancy kicks, that is certainly something new to the SA fly halves, but we've seen those kicks from Lambie, Pollard, Jantjies, Du Preez, Schoeman, Brummer have all been doing it the last 2-3 years. But that is because of the opposition using rush defences and this creates the space behind them to make the kicks.</p><p></p><p>The attack from anywhere, offload and exotic kicks was something that Heyneke Meyer wanted to incorporate into the Springboks, and he had relative success. Against Argentina it worked well for 3 years, where we even once beaten them by over 70 points...</p><p></p><p>But against New Zealand for example, we struggled at stages, and eventually lost the match as some players couldn't keep up with the pace, or tried to overdo it. That is mostly due to pressure and inexperience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 810090, member: 40658"] Perhaps it's new to you. But I see a lot of similarities between the Lions, and the Bulls that won the Super Rugby Championship a few years ago. Dominant forward pack, solid scrumhalf and exciting wingers along with a solid flyhalf. Remember that Bryan Habana scored some brilliant tries also from the bulls own 22. Pierre Spies at no. 8 was a monster behind the scrum and used the scrum to score tries and get out of danger. What I do agree with is the fancy kicks, that is certainly something new to the SA fly halves, but we've seen those kicks from Lambie, Pollard, Jantjies, Du Preez, Schoeman, Brummer have all been doing it the last 2-3 years. But that is because of the opposition using rush defences and this creates the space behind them to make the kicks. The attack from anywhere, offload and exotic kicks was something that Heyneke Meyer wanted to incorporate into the Springboks, and he had relative success. Against Argentina it worked well for 3 years, where we even once beaten them by over 70 points... But against New Zealand for example, we struggled at stages, and eventually lost the match as some players couldn't keep up with the pace, or tried to overdo it. That is mostly due to pressure and inexperience. [/QUOTE]
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