Saturday, December 19, 2009

Boks need to regroup


The Springboks have a week to regroup and find the confidence to face Australia in Durban, and coach Peter De Villiers said that the team need to become more streetwise in their approach, whilst getting back the basic hunger to win. Wallaby flanker Phil Waugh hinted yesterday that his coach Robbie Deans may deploy two 'fetchers' against the Springboks in Saturday's Tri-Nations Test , especially after seeing how effective the All Blacks had been at turning the ball over. Waugh said the Boks lost the game on Saturday as a result of not being able to protect the ball, and the All Blacks recorded 14 turnovers enroute to winning 19-0. The last time a Springbok team ended a home test with a blank scoreboard was 105 years ago.