Lessons from 1995: Why the Boks must stick to what they know - Brendan Venter
In the week leading up to their maiden Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand 28 years ago, the Springboks nearly fell for the oldest trick in the book."We had a meeting where Kitch discussed us throwing the ball in quickly, splitting the kick-offs and taking 22 kick-ins, and speeding the game up. I remember sitting there and thinking, 'this is ludicrous', because Jonah Lomu was so good, and they were a broken-field team. We were good at structure, organisation and fighting.
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