Nienaber and Rassie had two bites at the apple. They fixed our defence in 2011, and did improve the team. From that experience Rassie went more minimalistic than even that. Nobody likes to talk about this. The loss to Australia probably impacted their thinking.
Now would Eddie say his team was beaten by a beatable team....Methinks not.
SB
The NZ commentators also said that the AB;s would not have beaten the Springboks in the final, Mozart's worst nightmare came true when the Springboks won the WC despite his constant attacks on Erasmus and the team he was coaching,
Ever since then he tried to undermine their win by any means possible discovering how poor a team they ware an find imagined reasons for the attacks on Erasmus and especially some team members and dreaming up fibs about what actually happened in the RWC and especially in the final.
It takes serious planning and dedication for a team to peak just at the right time.
It takes serious planning and dedication for a team to peak just at the right time.
And in hindsight, Wales was probably not the easier semi...
No ....but they weren’t as tough as NZ. And face it, the semi was 50/50 with Wales having most of the late possession until Francois Louw saved our bacon.
And some posters seriously believe our tactics against Wales were a head fake, setting up England....that’s about as believable as the Russia hoax.
"No ....but they weren’t as tough as NZ."
That's debatable. There were very little between us and NZ in the first match...reverse a couple of dubious scrum penalties against us and we actually had a very good chance of beating them...well we didn't, but we beat everyone in front of us thereafter. We got the job done. NZ didn't make the final.
We had a good team peaking at the right time...with the right coaching and guidance, we can have a great team, but this Covid BS isn't helping.
New Zealand completely absorbed South Africa's blunt force and kept us at arms length. We were lucky to be in the game considering how poor our key defenders were, like Steph. It was no different to the Straeuli home game of 2002: we battered the All Black line, with zero penetration, and were picked off.
Kindergarten Imbecile
What are you talking about - the Meyer and Coetzee years - when the All Blacks demolished the Springbo ks - or which test you are referring to? If it was the WC in 2019 - Du Toit had no roll in missing crucial tackles in that game - the rotten defender that let in an AB try was Mostert - the result of which was him being dropped from the starting line-up in in key games in the round robin stage and in the play-offs.
You still have no idea of rugby and your ignorance is leading to pity for a rugby illiterate on the one hand and amusement on the other hand, Please stop waffling garbage on site and start thinking before you show further ignorance.
Mozart
You really are unbelievable and your statements utter garbage as per normal. Wales should never have been in the game but for a knock-on by Du Toit with an open try-line ahead of him and a bad pass by him to the wing in another evident try-scoring opportunity. How foolish could you become because of prejudice?
Wales should never have been in the game......but for a knock on by Dud Toit? Can’t say I saw that....but I did see Dud Toit blowing his defensive assignment allowing Wales to score.
"The New Zealand national rugby union team (also known as the All Blacks) has played 35 matches against Wales, winning 32 of them. Since the last loss (19 December 1953) New Zealand have won 31 consecutive encounters and Wales winning 0. ...
This is gonna change...soon...NZ will be affected badly by lack of proper opposition...as would SA...the top 6N teams will narrow the gap.
Scotty is coming...lots of heart and not scared of running...exiting to watch when it works.
So we had a bit more territory/ a bit more possession....but way fewer clean breaks and offloads. We were toothless apart from the embarrassing Dud pick and go, try.
When the ball actually got to the wings, the gameplan was: "Chuck to that oak outt wide and see if he can dance to the try line". Our wings have to work very hard under Rassie, with practically nothing. When your wings need to often kick to buy space, you have a problem. Kolbe is now the Digby Ioane of the Deans era. An improv offence on the back of one man.
Welsh rugby is good and they are up there with the best and it does not surprise me.
They are definitely capable of throwing a spanner in the works...all teams respect them.
The semi final last year nearly put us out of contention in the final. Every game is different.
Any team that underestimates them is foolish...fortunately there are none...except foolish arm-chair critics.
