Mark Watson

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

So mistakes as well.

You can't invite South Africa.

Africa into our twenty-two because what we've shown as well is our defense can't hold out for too long on our own line.

So defense, mistakes, and discipline, those are the three big things against South Africa that I think we need to prove because the rest of our game should flow nicely.

If we get all those things right, I think we've got enough uh attack and enough danger players to open them up.

Um so if we can just keep in the right end of the field, if

If we can get that parity at forward time as well, I think is another massive one because if we concede a scr a scrum penalty in the first ten minutes, they're gonna be going there all day long.

They'll probably knock the ball on on purpose so they can get a scrum, get a penalty, kick down into our twenty-two, and then maul us over for a try.

So yeah, there's a few concerns there, Martin, but there always are when you come across um an opposition that has belted you in recent times.

We haven't just lost

Wellington, record loss.

Welling.

Lost.

Once they get on a roll, they can absolutely hammer you.

And we've pigeonholed them a little bit over the years as this side that only like to slow it down and go to set piece to set piece.

Well, I think Rassy made a good point overnight that South Africa, especially since Tony Brown has come on board, have got several different ways that they can play the game and they've got three first fives who they can choose from.

And we don't know.

who's gonna start.

And it could be LeBoc, Sasha, or Jondre, and all of them play so differently and will come with different tactics.

So they're gonna keep their powder dry as well.

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