Tony Johnson
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And the way to do that is from the back.
And this is why you end up with guys who've been 10s at school level or age group level.
They come in and they play them at fullback, and that's how they have to learn.
It's a bit of a shortcoming, I think, of the way kids are coached in this country around the game management skills.
Or then you get a case like Will Jordan, who has been an out-and-out fullback.
but now has the ability to play at that first receiver role, throw passes, get involved more.
Again, I think you're just going back to that experience thing, how important it is for people to gain experience and constantly keep learning the game.
You know, there could be other places in the world where you're going and maybe it's not quite as exactly, but South Africa is just a different beast.
And I'm pretty sure, you know, it's not a development tour.
It's a winless tour.
It is a battle of attrition and blood and guts and thunder.
I'd be tempted to go along with that.
It depends, too, on...
It's hard.
I mean, picking games.
My old mate Gordon Bray in Australia, when people ask him for the 850,000th time, who's going to win today?
He goes, I don't know.
Let's have a game and find out.
I prefer to stick with that.
Predicting games, yeah, it's a minefield.