Tony Johnson

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7,552 appearances 26 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Tony Johnson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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DSPN -RUGBY · Are The Springboks UNSTOPPABLE? | Tony Johnson Breaks Down The Greatest Rivalry Series · 14 Sep 2026 podcast

They'll sit down, th the the coaching group, and they'll go, Okay, what worked, what didn't work, and most importantly, what needs to be done better. voice-verified

And if that happens, well then maybe losing a test series three one does have a silver lining, as two thousand and nine had a silver lining two years later at the World Cup. voice-verified

Well yeah, and you raise an interesting point because in the NPC at the moment there are some really good tall outside banks. voice-verified

Backs you think McDonald um at and Shafi Haki at the Crusaders, you think about Leota at North Harbour. voice-verified

These are really big men and got really good aerial skill sets. voice-verified

So maybe they they might think of that. voice-verified

Look, the the the thing about the kicking game is that change in the laws which voice-verified

uh basically cleared a path for the chasing follower uh followers. voice-verified

Uh sorry, the the the the the kick chasers following up the kicks. voice-verified

They've got a clear path now. voice-verified

And so they've obviously decided that coming forward for the ball on defense just isn't working because there's every chance even if you get to it you'll knock it forward back into the hands of the oncoming players, the chasing players. voice-verified

And I think they've decided that this business of voice-verified

running back towards your own line uh and and taking the ball almost over your own shoulders, at least if you don't take it cleanly, you won't be knocking it back to the opposition. voice-verified

That really depends on getting players around the ball and I think they'll probably I think they'll probably stick with that. voice-verified

It's just about striking the balance whether and I think this is where perhaps they got a a bit unstuck before they made those changes in two thousand and nine, whereas it voice-verified

was all about the attack and they had to make some changes to account for the defence. voice-verified

So that's maybe one of the things that they'll they'll have to look at, Nigel, for sure. voice-verified

Um but there are other things as well and it sometimes it just comes down to personal responsibility for the second time in consecutive weeks. voice-verified

We had a an absolutely needless penalty given away, returns uh an attacking or just burns a really good attacking voice-verified

opportunity and guys have just gotta make better decisions in the heat of the moment. voice-verified

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