Mark Watson

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3,366 appearances 15 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 15 Sep

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DSPN -RUGBY · Why the All Blacks will TRIUMPH at Ellis Park | Rugby Roundtable · 18 Aug 2026 podcast

Or mismatch,

Does it, and especially these URC teams were hoping they'd give us a bit of a taste of what the Springbox are all about, but because they were weakened and whoever was telling them about their tactics, I think they totally pulled back on the box kicks and gave us very little chance to practice that part of our game, which I'm sure we're gonna get a lot of against the Springbox.

Uh we got good scrumming practice, I think, in that first game against the Stormers especially.

Uh but by game

Game three, I think the Bulls forward pack wasn't anywhere near what we're expecting from the spring box.

And when we did have three of our starting type five against the Bulls, we blew them off the park, didn't we?

So that that looked good to me, but I don't think anything adequately prepares you.

Maybe the test matches back in New Zealand, if they were closer, that Ireland test, if that was the week before the spring box, for sure, uh that would have adequately uh prepared us for what's coming, but

Yeah, URC teams blowing over the top of them, haven't we, as as they've gone on.

But what I'm happy with is that each time a question has been posed to this All Blacks team, they seem to have answered it coming through these games, which is great because at the start, like I mentioned, I think our forwards were under pressure.

They have answered that.

Our back line is looking good.

We're making good decisions and our impact players are making a massive impact too.

So we've done all we can, we've

Ticking all the boxes, we've got the optimism and it's Test Week Marty and we just can't wait.

Oh, discipline is huge, especially under an English referee.

And we've already had one well in the first game and we gave away three yellow cards in that game, and you just can't simply afford to do that against the Springboks.

So discipline's been a massive one for the All Blacks, hasn't it, for years.

So that's the one I want to get off to a good start with.

We know we're gonna chance our hand early, it's what we've shown in these three URC games.

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