Tony Johnson

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7,552 appearances 26 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 21 Sep

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DSPN -RUGBY · The Greatest Rivalry Series is FAR From Over | Tony Johnson On All Blacks VICTORY At Ellis Park · 24 Aug 2026 podcast

But it didn't feel like a five tries to one victory, a thirty three victory, which by the way, that is the biggest winning margin at Ellis Park in a test match between these two teams. voice-verified

Not the highest score, but the biggest winning margin. voice-verified

But it didn't feel like that. voice-verified

And I suppose that just comes down to the rapier like efficiency with which the All Blacks took their opportunities. voice-verified

And the Springboks will be thinking voice-verified

why when we had all that ball when they had the All Blacks on the ropes at at f at the fifty five minute mark, they went for that scrum, uh, when they could have kicked three and just stretched their lead out a little bit, but they will be thinking, why could we not build a lead and put it beyond? voice-verified

Instead the All Blacks, as you say, they defended that moment, which was huge, and we'll talk about that in a moment. voice-verified

But just those voice-verified

that uh ability to sense an opportunity, to play the opportunity in front of them and and finish it off really decided this test match. voice-verified

But as I say, it just didn't feel like a thirty-three to sixteen test match to me. voice-verified

I you raise an interesting point there about that delay. voice-verified

And I'm I'm not saying it was a feigned d delay, he had to change his boots. voice-verified

That w that that was what it was about. voice-verified

But it gave the opportunity, I suppose, for the All Blacks to talk to each other about what was going on. voice-verified

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I think one of the hallmarks of this coaching group, and Dave Rennie obviously uh the head coach, but when you've got that age old expertise there of Graham Henry and Gilbert Enorca who've been through these situations so many times, it comes down to I think uh just a g you know the coaches can't fix it from the sideline. voice-verified

It's not a matter of voice-verified

Matter of let's wait till half time and and get off for a fix, uh a solution to what's going on. voice-verified

Even messages coming out through the Water Boys isn't going to fix it. voice-verified

I think the hallmark of the Graham Henry era and Steve Hansen afterwards, when you had guys like Richie McCaw and Conrad Smith and Kevin Mirlamu and Kieran Reed on the field was that ability to problem solve in the moment. voice-verified

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