The Boks’ perceived struggles on assault, and in the case of ending alternatives, have led to the suggestion that it might be time for a specialist assault coach to be employed. As director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus is actually in a place the place he would even be overseeing this aspect of play.
The Springboks significantly lamented a number of missed alternatives in the Boks’ 25-17 defeat in opposition to Australia in their opening Rugby Championship tour match on the Adelaide Oval.
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The Boks bounced again to assert a well-deserved 24-8 victory this previous Saturday, notably scoring 4 spectacular tries, however there have been nonetheless just a few probabilities that they didn’t convert.
Taking to social media, former Springbok ahead Rob Louw requested: “Who is in charge of our Springboks attack? Why are we making so many basic attack errors? We should have won that game yesterday by 40 or more!!! Something is not right????”
Responding to this criticism, Erasmus sought to set the document straight, whereas additionally pointing to the truth that the Boks have in reality scored 10 tries in the Rugby Championship, not all that far behind the All Blacks even after they racked up a 53-3 victory over Argentina on Saturday.
“Hi Rob, thanks for all the support and backing the Boks,” Rassie wrote on Twitter. “All five coaches help out in all departments, we can’t even give the rain as an excuse for only scoring four tries (All Blacks showed us that). We will work hard to get better at it ! Lekka.”
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You can see the response from Rassie and Rob Louw on Twitter beneath:
Last week we took a better have a look at some of the official Sanzaar statistics, which confirmed how the Boks are actually creating a lot of alternatives.
In phrases of attacking statistics, the Boks in reality made 436m to only 280 from the Wallabies in the opening Test, whereas beating 24 defenders to Australia’s 14. The guests made seven clear breaks in comparison with simply 4 from the house group.
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In a debate on SuperSport’s Final Whistle present, former Springboks assault coach Swys de Bruin, and ex-head coach Nick Mallett, additionally took a better have a look at simply how the Boks are battling to click on on assault.
It has additionally been a speaking level on social media, and there is a college of thought that maybe Rassie Erasmus and the Boks needs to be seeking to carry in a specialist assault coach. Someone like Crusaders celebrity coach Scott Robertson would absolutely be a well-liked alternative if there was some option to lure him into the Bok camp.
Previously, De Bruin did use to carry out this position, whereas there are the likes of Felix Jones and Mzwandile Stick who at the moment present some components of enter into the group’s attacking facets of play. However, there is no specialist designated assault coach in the present administration group.
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