The combative hooker says despite a lack of game time, the Boks have been pushing hard during training
To put down any suggestion from naysayers that the Springboks are going into the Test series underdone against the British & Irish Lions, combative hooker Bongi Mbonambi used an analogy that would have had teammates Damian de Allende and RG Snyman squirming.
Mbonambi’s bellicose talk though will be a reminder that the Springboks mean business even if their preparation has not been forged in the furnace of much recent combat. “We are at a bit of a disadvantage. That is one of the realities of Covid. We are working hard on the training pitch and off.” The “off” bit will likely make this the best-prepared Springbok team ever from an analytical point of view.
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