The ABs ignored Ireland’s ‘intelligence’ .....

....after losing to them at Soldier Field. They came back in Dublin and simply over powered them in a brutal display, just on the right side of legal. Now I see Coetzee and others are musing about the need for similar ‘intelligence’ from the Boks. .. That would be nice and a first. But is that really our competitive advantage? Maybe the Irish are just a smarter team.....doesn’t mean they can’t be blown out of the water. A typical, brutal Bok display may do the trick, but we can’t play that way with a Kolisi/Cassiem/Mohoje back row. .. Bottom line don’t try to beat the opposition at their game, beat them with your game.

 France in a break with the intelligence theme has called up a chap called Fick-ou