Tony Johnson

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7,320 appearances 25 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

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

DeVilliers is another one. voice-verified

Yeah, voice-verified

Yeah, and Russi has been voice-verified

Quick to point that out that this is a team that's been several years in the making, though it's a it's a dynasty really, and they've been together eight or so years. voice-verified

The All Blacks still, if you look at it in terms of their coaching, still in the early stages under Dave Rennie, and let's talk about that now, because this was Dave Rennie's biggest test. voice-verified

Uh he went through the early part of the year, did pretty well, but a 3-1 series defeat. voice-verified

I I got the feeling not voice-verified

Nigel, that the All Blacks thought that they could go into the plan was to go into the series and try and play to New Zealand strengths, which moving the ball into space, stretching the defenses, playing around the springbox. voice-verified

Maybe take the game away from the springbox strength, move those big forwards around the park. voice-verified

And in the end it did produce some scintillating rugby, some great tries, but the spring box still had the ultimate. voice-verified

Answers when it counted. voice-verified

And so does that mean now that, yeah, sure, play that game, but are there elements of the all blacks game that are going to need addressing and that at some point you have to meet them at the coal face, on the advantage line, in the collision zone, whatever you want to call it? voice-verified

And until you you can actually find some way of spiking their guns, even gaining some voice-verified

Some sort of edge, if not parity, um, then the Springboks are still going to be a very, very difficult proposition to beat. voice-verified

Yeah, I you have to have a kicking game. voice-verified

You have to have a long kicking game, you have to have a short kicking game and you have to be able to put the ball into the air. voice-verified

It's a question of how well you do it. voice-verified

And I think that's probably the issue that the Springboks do it so well that their ki their contestable kick rate is off the scale. voice-verified

And and look, I think the thing is and I I've talked a bit about what happened in two thousand and nine when the All Blacks were beaten in three test matches. voice-verified

By the Spring Box and quite a few of the similar characteristics of that series, you know, the Spring Box causing problems at the set piece, it was more the lineup back then with the likes of Victor Matfield. voice-verified

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