Coetzee: Lots of positives for the Boks

...Allister Coetzee says he was 'pleased with a couple of brilliant defensive efforts' by the Springboks during their record 57-0 loss to the All Blacks.

The Boks conceded eight tries and missed 23 tackles in Albany on Saturday. Winger Raymond Rhule was the biggest culprit, with nine. Coetzee, though, chose to focus on the rare occasions they did manage to stem the black tide in his post-match TV interview.

'I'm pleased with a couple of brilliant defensive efforts and a lot of positives that we can still take out of this game,' Coetzee said.

The Boks lineout was poor throughout the match, and while the scrum impressed early on, it struggled in the second half.

'The set pieces were disappointing,' said Coetzee. 'The lineout is one area of the game that you should always get right. If you don't get it right, then you can't contest. Unfortunately, we couldn't create pressure with ball in hand because of our set piece.'

Coetzee also praised the All Blacks for their performance and said three soft tries had forced the Boks to play catch-up.

'We were just outplayed by a world-class team,' he said. 'If you look at the first three tries they scored ... a quick tap caught us napping, an intercept followed from there, and then a cross-kick ... it's not like we didn't have someone there [for the cross-kick], the ball just bounced into their hands. All of a sudden you find yourself 21 points down, which is a tough ask. But all credit to the All Blacks, they were superb tonight.  

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The Bok coach said he would take the positives from the game into their next two matches against the Wallabies in Bloemfontein and the All Blacks in Cape Town.

'We actually did very well tonight in terms of the territorial and possession stakes, it's just that the pass didn't go to hand at crucial stages. If we had scored a try or a couple of points in the first half it could have been a different thing, but you know, they were just too good for us.

'It was a helluva learning curve for us and this young team has learned incredible lessons. We will look at the positives. We have two more Tests back in South Africa and hopefully we will learn from these lessons.' 

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 All the usual drivel from a hopelessly outclassed coach and the quota system. They will continue to take positives if the side is beaten 100 nil.  

Wait a minute there Beeno, wasn't Brendan Venter and Franco Smith going to change everything?

 I would be happy if it was England ,France or even Ireland we flogged like that .Handing more SA players on a platter via the 14s comp is not going to help SA rugby either,like putting the hens into a foxes den .

 Venter did improve the attacking skills windpomp as we saw against lesser sides but even you should know this team has too many sub par players to compete at the top level. They never were going to be good enough. If you cant see that dope I cant help you!Ou cerudunce windpomp getting it wrong yet again! Venter is a proven coach but he does not select the side.  Beeno spelling it out for ou windapomp!

 Hang about ,we did flog the lippy Irish like that !

 ...Should be a better game when we play SA in Cape Town in two weeks...SA always play better at home...

 This guy Coetzee for talking crap is worse than Pieter De Villiers - useless brainless fool.

 The only "positives" to come out of the game is that Coetzee is a delusional quota coach and that it's a poorly selected team. The only "positives" to come out of future games is to expect more of the same.