A big big postive and improvement for me, is our defence. A big thumbs up to Mcfarland. But did he take some part time classes from Nienaber? Because the way we are defending looks like they took a few notes from the Stormers's camp,
Big ups on him for recognising the need then, knocking on the right door for help and fixing the issue.
Yes well done to Mac but defence is also attitude and one can see Meyer has instilled a never say die attitude.
I doubt if John McFarlane has learnt from Jaques Nienaber. John has a been around the block a bit. He was with London Irish at some stage in his career. He has also taken some tips from NFL, amongst others.
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Your Question: Does the Bok coaching team use game theory to analyse play & decide on strategy? The use of game theory is widespread in American football & its usefulness for rugby seems obvious. An analysis of mixed strategies may impact, say, how our pivot plays. In the Championship, e.g., Steyn has received 88 balls, of which he has kicked 36%, passed 55% & run 8%. Is that optimal? Game theory would help. – Michael Meadon
John answers: Yes Michael, we do. I’ve been to the USA before to visit NFL teams and learn from them. We analyse everything to the smallest detail and ensure we get the core messages across to the players.
