The Boks’ perceived struggles on attack, and when it comes to ending alternatives, have led to the suggestion that it could be time for a specialist attack coach to be employed. As director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus is actually able the place he would even be overseeing this side of play.
The Springboks notably lamented a number of missed alternatives within the Boks’ 25-17 defeat in opposition to Australia of their opening Rugby Championship tour match on the Adelaide Oval.
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The Boks bounced again to declare a well-deserved 24-8 victory this previous Saturday, notably scoring 4 spectacular tries, however there have been nonetheless a number of probabilities that they failed to convert.
Taking to social media, former Springboks 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 file straight, whereas additionally pointing to the truth that the Boks have in reality scored 10 tries within 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 on Twitter under:
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 simply 280 from the Wallabies within the opening Test, whereas beating 24 defenders to Australia’s 14. The guests made seven clear breaks in contrast to simply 4 from the house group.
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In a debate on SuperSport’s Final Whistle present, former Springboks attack 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 attack.
It has additionally been a speaking level on social media, and there’s a faculty of thought that the Boks ought to be wanting to herald a specialist attack coach. Someone like Crusaders celebrity coach Scott Robertson would absolutely be a preferred selection if there was a way to lure him into the Bok camp.
Previously, De Bruin did use to carry out this function, whereas there are the likes of Felix Jones and Mzwandile Stick who at present present some parts of enter into the group’s attacking elements of play. However, there isn’t a specialist designated attack coach within the present administration group.
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