The Boks' scrum guru also addressed the kicking issue on Tuesday.
and to do that they will need to assert their dominance up front.
“One hundred per cent a pushover try. I’m not going to say what it really does to me, but anyway. For a scrum coach that’s the thing you dream about. “It’s been working for us in the past and I’m sure it will work for us going forward. It’s awesome the way the guys train. They can handle it. They’re built for this … this is what we do.”missing a number of shots at goal, but not choosing to go for the corner more often was also a big factor in the defeat, especially with the kicking struggles well known.
“Average statistics say that 70 per cent of all the kicks going into touch are not successful. So we backed our boys for the kicking and that’s why we kicked for the poles,” explained Human.
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