Springboks legend and World Cup winner Joel Stransky is expecting two South African victories from two Tests in Australia.
As both a World Cup winning five-eighth and an analyst in retirement, Joel Stransky could work out rugby’s most complex puzzles with ease. But one still stumps the Springboks legend: why do South Africa have such a“I don’t know,” says Stransky, who kicked three penalties and two drop goals in the 1995 World Cup final to secure a famous win against the All Blacks that reshaped rugby history. “I think it’s probably a culmination of a lot of factors.
“Maybe there is a bit of the travel , normally we stop in Australia as the first leg of a tour before we go to New Zealand. “I think rugby is in good hands in Australia,” Stransky said. “Joe is a wonderful coach and he is the right guy to drive it forward and to resurrect it. Joe is a good man. And I think rugby is in good hands , but it needs to be in good hands, doesn’t it?“Because I think the view from South Africa is that of the southern hemisphere countries, Australia is probably the one that is suffering the most at the moment.
“I think that probably his greatest strength is he understands every strength and weakness of every player, every strength and every weakness of the opposition, and every strength and weakness of the referee and the laws of the game.
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