Springbok assistant coach Deon Davids says the team's forwards need to think on their feet after SA's first-Test defeat to the British & Irish Lions last Saturday.
While they grew an arm and a leg‚ the Springboks' game was riddled with insecurity. They found little traction in the scrum once Trevor Nyakane‚ Bongi Nyakane and Ox Nché departed the scene.
Nyakane‚ whose form had regularly been questioned‚ delivered one of his better performances of the season‚ Mbonambi belied his lack of preparation with his energy and accuracy‚ while Nché was a dynamo in the primary phases and the tight loose.“If you have that solid base‚ it allows you to execute better. It puts you on the front foot and you can play towards your plan. If things go wrong it influences the attack and then influences your energy expenditure in terms of how you execute stuff.
“Everything has a ripple effect from a set-piece point of view. It is important that we provide a solid base‚ a solid platform. The Lions challenged us in those specific areas.” The Lions also posed uncomfortable questions of the Boks at the breakdown but it remains to be seen if the hosts will make personnel changes to address their problems.
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