Chris Jones

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1,513 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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DSPN -RUGBY · Can The All Blacks BEAT The Springboks? | Breaking Down The Series · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

These guys won't be wandering around the streets shopping.

They will have security with them all the time because of the inherent problems there are in South Africa with security.

And so you will be in this bubble.

And this is where I come back to it about some players react well to that sort of restrictive nature.

Others, it's just not the way they would normally operate.

And so it's something you just have to come to terms with.

And it is something they would have talked about.

But when it's right there with you and you have to go yet again from training to hotel, hotel to training with very little, except a very organized trip out to a school or to a hospital, then it can become quite mundane.

And therefore you're relying on the really senior members of the squad

to pick up on that, to get the vibe from the players, particularly the younger ones, whether they're dealing with it.

And, you know, South Africa, obviously very much like New Zealand, everybody will tell you how bloody awful you are and how you're going to get your backside tanned by the box.

So that makes no difference.

You get the same thing when we're in New Zealand with you lot.

Yeah, that's always there as well.

And you just have to keep the big smile.

You have to have the right attitude and you have to believe that the team spirit you're creating can deal with all these problems.

And just make sure you're not drinking any dodgy tea or coffee.

I think the advantage that Rassi obviously brings to any scenario is slightly offset by the fact that Rennie has got a good record against the box.

Yes, he's winning with Australia, was in Australia.

Yeah, but his record isn't bad, you know, against South African teams.

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