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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 585698" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>Will be interesting.</p><p></p><p>Aussies have a new coach with a point to prove and players that may respond better to him than their previous coach, give them a clean slate.</p><p></p><p>All Blacks have McCaw back but it's hard to say how much of an impact he will have after only 40min or so of super rugby and a club game. maybe some warm up matches before then.</p><p></p><p>The ABs will also have some rookies and will be using a new game plan compared to last year which was something they worked on against the french.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to be completely honest and just say that SA are a total mystery to me. Because of the timezone difference and lack of NZ vs SA teams in the S15 finals I've seen less South African rugby this year than I even have since I got sky 3-4 years ago.</p><p></p><p>I find it hard to believe that Du Preez and Steenkamp will help turn the tables on the All Blacks. Sure they have played big roles in wins over the AB's in the past. If anything SA will need to do their homework on the 3 young Halfbacks in the NZ squad. Smith, TKB and TJP are immense talents and will help speed up the AB game compared to the Marshall/Weepu/Cowan/Elis days where our 9's slowed and wasted a lot of ball.</p><p></p><p>SA's best chance to beat the AB's is to destroy them in the lineouts and kick goals from everywhere. But with the strength of the current NZ locks, no Frans steyn and Morne not used so much they may be forced to lay un-sprinkbok like rugby to win.</p><p></p><p>Optomisim seems to be very low for Argentina right now. The honeymoon is over you would expect they really need a win this year but the feeling is not good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 585698, member: 43875"] Will be interesting. Aussies have a new coach with a point to prove and players that may respond better to him than their previous coach, give them a clean slate. All Blacks have McCaw back but it's hard to say how much of an impact he will have after only 40min or so of super rugby and a club game. maybe some warm up matches before then. The ABs will also have some rookies and will be using a new game plan compared to last year which was something they worked on against the french. I'm going to be completely honest and just say that SA are a total mystery to me. Because of the timezone difference and lack of NZ vs SA teams in the S15 finals I've seen less South African rugby this year than I even have since I got sky 3-4 years ago. I find it hard to believe that Du Preez and Steenkamp will help turn the tables on the All Blacks. Sure they have played big roles in wins over the AB's in the past. If anything SA will need to do their homework on the 3 young Halfbacks in the NZ squad. Smith, TKB and TJP are immense talents and will help speed up the AB game compared to the Marshall/Weepu/Cowan/Elis days where our 9's slowed and wasted a lot of ball. SA's best chance to beat the AB's is to destroy them in the lineouts and kick goals from everywhere. But with the strength of the current NZ locks, no Frans steyn and Morne not used so much they may be forced to lay un-sprinkbok like rugby to win. Optomisim seems to be very low for Argentina right now. The honeymoon is over you would expect they really need a win this year but the feeling is not good. [/QUOTE]
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