Instead of taking a step up from their series win over the British & Irish Lions and their two solid victories over Los Pumas, the Springboks lurched backwards against the wallabies. RSAvAUS RugbyChampionship By Mike Greenaway
The Boks really should have shown better composure and this reverse once again asks questions as to why the Boks can’t rise to the occasion on Aussie soil. They hadn’t won in Australia since 2013 and this was their first match outside of South Africa as world champions... but they failed their big test.
The Boks scored three tries to one, all of them off the back of lineout mauls following penalty kicks to the corner, but while they were clinical in this respect, you have to wonder why they didn’t make better use of their backline on occasions when the Aussies kicked the ball deep and space and time begged for a counter-attack.
We understand that the Boks have their unique way of playing but they can’t remain one trick ponies forever, scoring tries only from lineout mauls, especially not when they have try-machines on the wings. An aspect of this game that will hurt the Boks was their unusually porous defence. They missed 21 tackles and the Wallabies’ lone try was due to a simple missed tackle in the outside channel by Faf de Klerk on Samu Kerevi that allowed the centre to create a simple run in for wing Andrew Kellaway.
The Boks have return match against the Wallabies on Saturday at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, a venue where they have an appalling record, and that will continue unless they can pull themselves together and play like the champions so many South Africans have cracked them up to be.
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