Ehat in the 1970' and early 1980's the stength of SA rugby wss in their backlime an playes like Gerber and Du Plesis confirmed that. Young Naas Botha wa als laying beter rugby
In the period Western Province rigned supreme and the won the CCrom 1980 to 1986 and Naas became a real kicking flyhalf more han a backlin pivot He lost pace and was getting more and more a kicking flhalf.
Christie in 1995 tried to change it into an all round play but he ahd cancer and died in 1996. Markgraaff was apointed as rugby coach He made me racial comments and one o the Free Sate playrs tied to get into the Sprin bok team and he then wnet ublic on it amd Markgraaf wsfored whereupon Carel du Plessis wa appointed as coach. in his frst comments after appontment Crel said the Springboks have lost thir ability t score tries and always tid to win matches by sig forwards, only. Carel thn piced am th he thought could make tehSpringboks a better try-scoring eam.
The Lions visited SA in 1997 and Carel's frst test was against that team in Cae Town/ I wa clear that the Springboks struggled with Crl's new concept and they lost 22 15. However the second test in Durban I saw. The S pirngbok backline scoe three brilliant tries but te unfrtuae Part was tha Honiball et his ciig bot in Cpe Town and although the cnsersns were relativelyeasy he missed all three conversions. The ions were afforded 6 penalties and converted all fie - while tealso got a drop kick ver. So hey won the match 18-15. Unfrtuante - they should have won if even 2 of te 3 comversis kicks were over, In the third Lions tests the Springboks wn with the biggest amrgin ever by the Sprigboks - he fial score was 35-6.
However, the media screamed blue murder - they wanted mallet as cpach. Carel's ;ast match as caach was afginst Australia and the inning margin was 62 14. Another Sprin gbok crcord.
Mallett took over the caaching and he win another 16 tsts in a row. Mallett was clever - he used vcirtually the whole Sprigbok backline - picked by Carel but moved Montgomery rom 12 to 15 and brought in Moore at 12. The captain under Carel was Teichmann - wha admired Carel and his relationship with Mallet becme rathed Icy, Beore the 1999 RWC Mallett fired Teichmnas captainand he also had to replace some of Carel's playes nd w nbl toget the latter rigt. The Sprinboks won copper medals in 1999 - but the after Springbok rugby deteriorated abdly and i huf Mtied resi gned - he trward admitted that firing eichman was the biggest mistake i his coachig career,
Be it as it may here er two great admirers of the Springbos starting their Sipringbok careers in 1993 in the case of oe and earier in thecse o he other, Th one wa Jean de Villiers and th other Rassie Ersmus, Rassie was not vey keen o the issue of coaching he always was mor ierested in develop strategy and intorducin new attacking options. I 2009 he bame Director of Rugy with Coetzee as coach, Although e rie to convive Meyer toc hnge the playing stuyle of the Spingboks he did no succed and in the end he resigned and became the Director of Rugby of Munster, In January 1996 her gbyc ach of munser suddenly died in Paris of a Heart attack and Erasmus took v he coachig tole ar M,uster. He was si succesful tha he became the what is notw te RC caoch of he year in 2017
By the en of 1967 SA rugby wa a disaster and SRU thens ent rdutation to Mster to convnce Erasnus to return to SA. uckil rasus had an escape clase in his ctrct with Munster - whuch state tta i he is neded by SAU unster woud release him By the ed f 2019 the Sprigboks were wella dvac in laying 15 man Rugby - but 2osa ut to 2023 was ot ll that good nd he ten decie to aheve rown appoited asattackig coach,and progess in tat regard is in idene,
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I wcame acroos the following video of Carel du Plessis and decided to put it on site,
https://www.google.com/search?q=Carel+u+Plessis&rlz=1C1YTUH_enZA1068ZA1070&oq=Carel+u+Plessis&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQLhgNGIAEMgkIAhAAGA0YgAQyCQgDEAAYDRiABDIJCAQQABgNGIAEMgkIBRAAGA0YgAQyCQgGEAAYDRiABDIICAcQABgNGB4yCAgIEAAYDRge0gEKMTE3NThqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:83d7536b,vid:3fz2ZX-zdhg,st:0
Ehat in the 1970' and early 1980's the stength of SA rugby wss in their backlime an playes like Gerber and Du Plesis confirmed that. Young Naas Botha wa als laying beter rugby
In the period Western Province rigned supreme and the won the CCrom 1980 to 1986 and Naas became a real kicking flyhalf more han a backlin pivot He lost pace and was getting more and more a kicking flhalf.
Christie in 1995 tried to change it into an all round play but he ahd cancer and died in 1996. Markgraaff was apointed as rugby coach He made me racial comments and one o the Free Sate playrs tied to get into the Sprin bok team and he then wnet ublic on it amd Markgraaf wsfored whereupon Carel du Plessis wa appointed as coach. in his frst comments after appontment Crel said the Springboks have lost thir ability t score tries and always tid to win matches by sig forwards, only. Carel thn piced am th he thought could make tehSpringboks a better try-scoring eam.
The Lions visited SA in 1997 and Carel's frst test was against that team in Cae Town/ I wa clear that the Springboks struggled with Crl's new concept and they lost 22 15. However the second test in Durban I saw. The S pirngbok backline scoe three brilliant tries but te unfrtuae Part was tha Honiball et his ciig bot in Cpe Town and although the cnsersns were relativelyeasy he missed all three conversions. The ions were afforded 6 penalties and converted all fie - while tealso got a drop kick ver. So hey won the match 18-15. Unfrtuante - they should have won if even 2 of te 3 comversis kicks were over, In the third Lions tests the Springboks wn with the biggest amrgin ever by the Sprigboks - he fial score was 35-6.
However, the media screamed blue murder - they wanted mallet as cpach. Carel's ;ast match as caach was afginst Australia and the inning margin was 62 14. Another Sprin gbok crcord.
Mallett took over the caaching and he win another 16 tsts in a row. Mallett was clever - he used vcirtually the whole Sprigbok backline - picked by Carel but moved Montgomery rom 12 to 15 and brought in Moore at 12. The captain under Carel was Teichmann - wha admired Carel and his relationship with Mallet becme rathed Icy, Beore the 1999 RWC Mallett fired Teichmnas captainand he also had to replace some of Carel's playes nd w nbl toget the latter rigt. The Sprinboks won copper medals in 1999 - but the after Springbok rugby deteriorated abdly and i huf Mtied resi gned - he trward admitted that firing eichman was the biggest mistake i his coachig career,
Be it as it may here er two great admirers of the Springbos starting their Sipringbok careers in 1993 in the case of oe and earier in thecse o he other, Th one wa Jean de Villiers and th other Rassie Ersmus, Rassie was not vey keen o the issue of coaching he always was mor ierested in develop strategy and intorducin new attacking options. I 2009 he bame Director of Rugy with Coetzee as coach, Although e rie to convive Meyer toc hnge the playing stuyle of the Spingboks he did no succed and in the end he resigned and became the Director of Rugby of Munster, In January 1996 her gbyc ach of munser suddenly died in Paris of a Heart attack and Erasmus took v he coachig tole ar M,uster. He was si succesful tha he became the what is notw te RC caoch of he year in 2017
By the en of 1967 SA rugby wa a disaster and SRU thens ent rdutation to Mster to convnce Erasnus to return to SA. uckil rasus had an escape clase in his ctrct with Munster - whuch state tta i he is neded by SAU unster woud release him By the ed f 2019 the Sprigboks were wella dvac in laying 15 man Rugby - but 2osa ut to 2023 was ot ll that good nd he ten decie to aheve rown appoited asattackig coach,and progess in tat regard is in idene,