OPINION: It has taken five rounds of Super Rugby for it to become apparent that South Africa’s teams in general are suffering from a World Cup hangover as to how the game should be played, writes Mike Greenaway.
The Sharks aside, we are still seeing too much obsession with the power game that won the Springboks the Webb Ellis Cup last year and not enough evolution towards playing with panache and skill.
The thing with World Cups is that you can win them by playing low-risk “tournament rugby”, as the Boks did. Director of rugby Rassie Erasmus cut his suit according to his cloth but that doesn’t mean he and new Bok coach Jacques Nienaber want SA teams to play like that forever and a day.
Steyn should be mentoring 22-year-old Manie Libbok, who can play with flair, but instead Steyn has become the focal point of the Bulls’ game as coach Pote Human feels the heat and takes the conservative route.
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