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The Rugby Championship 2023
(2022 Rugby Championship - Round 2) - South Africa v New Zealand (13/8/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1098046" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>To me its about balance. A first five who doesn't have a direct running game needs a second five who does. Yeah mounga plays with havili at the crusaders, but they have front foot ball in every game and there are no super rugby sides with anything near the kind and quality of rush defence that the springboks, or Ireland, or france, or even Italy bring. It mightn't be so bad if the center had a strong direct running game, but that's not the case here either.</p><p></p><p>Clearly foster thinks we can go around or between the boks; given coaching is his full time job he can't be completely clueless, so I'm holding out hope that his vision will finally click into place. Hopefully mounga will have his best test yet.</p><p></p><p>At the moment you've got a disconnected team that is getting more disconnected by the week as their confidence dwindles and they are so anxious they are unable to connect with each other and focus fully on what they are doing. I can see that maybe mounga will revitalize the team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1098046, member: 65365"] To me its about balance. A first five who doesn't have a direct running game needs a second five who does. Yeah mounga plays with havili at the crusaders, but they have front foot ball in every game and there are no super rugby sides with anything near the kind and quality of rush defence that the springboks, or Ireland, or france, or even Italy bring. It mightn't be so bad if the center had a strong direct running game, but that's not the case here either. Clearly foster thinks we can go around or between the boks; given coaching is his full time job he can't be completely clueless, so I'm holding out hope that his vision will finally click into place. Hopefully mounga will have his best test yet. At the moment you've got a disconnected team that is getting more disconnected by the week as their confidence dwindles and they are so anxious they are unable to connect with each other and focus fully on what they are doing. I can see that maybe mounga will revitalize the team. [/QUOTE]
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