Specialist coaches Daan Human and Deon Davids bring infectious enthusiasm to the game, prop says
When Frans Malherbe was selected on the bench in the opening Test of the series against the British & Irish Lions with franchise teammate Steven Kitshoff‚ it came as a surprise. But this pales into insignificance to the optical illusion that followed when the Bok pack went backwards in the second half just when another forward gear seemed to be the only logical direction.
But Malherbe was careful not to lap up the plaudits. “We have grown a lot‚” he said of the Bok scrumming unit. “Credit has to go with the back five. They bought into our plan. Obviously we won’t be able to generate power without them.” Such was the grip the Boks held over the Lions that the tourists’ only changes up front for the deciding Test have occurred in the front row. Loosehead prop Wyn Jones‚ who has recovered from injury‚ and hooker Ken Owens have been brought in. They formed part of a Wales front row that helped set the base for their success in the most recent Six Nations tournament.
He also was not having a UK-based journalist’s line of inquiry about what exactly SA Rugby’s director of rugby and Springbok water boy Rassie Erasmus’s actual role is.“Rassie has been involved with us since 2018‚” he said matter-of-factly. “Everyone in the squad has a lot of respect for him. Whenever he guides us or gives an instruction, the guys listen. There is a coaching team and everyone has their department. There is a system in place where every coach covers [his] area.
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