There are 2 main areas of concern that I have spoken about over the years, and I have still yet to see any consistent improvement in these two areas.
Watching this last test, the All Blacks looked arrogant with the way they played, but after watching the full game, one could not but admire the complete and utter confidence that they had in their collective ball skills and offloading and handling.
When any All Black player offloads, either in space or even in the tackle, there is almost always one or more of his own players, coming at speed or with some momentum, to receive the ball and create more space or try scoring opportunities, whereas in South Africa's case, the player normally always becomes isolated, which leads to a penalty for holding on by going to ground after being tackled, or we concede a turnover through no support.
It frustrates me to see a lot of ground being made, or getting over the advantage line, but with no support runners at all, we lose most of the advantage that was gained.
Just watch how many times we completely fail to have any supporting players in the offload.
The other big issue for me is the incredibly slow service. There was a chasm of difference between the two sides on Saturday, and it is a common problem in the SA game. Our opponents are almost always given so much time, to get their defensive lines back in place, whilst we decide what move we are going to do next.
I just laughed at that one time when Lood was just looking and waiting for someone to maybe whisper in his ear and tell him what needed to be done next.
Oh well, I am not expecting anything to change soon
