It was just unfathomable how the Springboks kept putting boot to ball, writes Ashfak Mohamed.
“We got a few attacking runs that really turned out well, but we might have put our forwards under a bit of strain. If the opportunity is there, I will definitely have a go and try and take it – if it’s there.”But did we see De Klerk “have a go” against the All Blacks in Townsville? Instead, all we got was box-kick after box-kick, which might I add, goes against every part of De Klerk’s being, if we remember how he started out at the Pumas and later blossomed at the Lions.
It was just unfathomable how the South Africans kept putting boot to ball, even with less than two minutes on the clock when they were trailing 19-17, or when they were in the ‘red zone’ on attack. The box-kick, or any kick for that matter, is not the issue. It is about how often it is used, and when. Jordie Barrett was picking apples out of the sky all day long, so why persist with such a tactic? Yes, George Bridge dropped one that led to Sbu Nkosi’s try, but that was a once-off mistake… and it doesn’t mean that the up-and-under should be the only Bok attacking weapon.
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