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 · 'GAME ON' | Tony Johnson Breaks Down All Blacks LOSS In Cape Town · 31 Aug 2026 podcast

So much so that in a game where they spent a lot of time feeling the heat, they were in with a shot at snatching a draw right to the death. voice-verified

It is going to be hard to come back from this, but they've shown when they attack as they can, they can break the Springbok defence. voice-verified

It's just that this week, the micro moments, the flash points went the other way. voice-verified

And you've got to give credit where it's due. voice-verified

This is turning into just the series we thought it would be. voice-verified

Yes, the game would be better off without the publicly conducted mind games, some, well, borderline childish reporting and the boasting on social media. voice-verified

But hey, the games themselves, they've been epic. voice-verified

Everything we've come to expect from these two greatest of rugby entities. voice-verified

Game on. voice-verified

Well, joining us to comb through it all now, Nigel Yeldon. voice-verified

Nigel, first and foremost, before we get to the All Black South Africa thing, you commentated an epic Ranfurly Shield match on Sunday coming out of Whangarei. voice-verified

And boy, an old-fashioned Shield game and really a lot of fun to watch. voice-verified

Yeah, and quite a world away from the white-hot reaction to what we saw in the second test in Cape Town. voice-verified

The inevitable bocklash, I think I referred to it as last week, they came back strongly. voice-verified

But I thought that was a deserved win from a Springbok team that just did right a whole lot of things that they didn't quite do right at Ellis Park. voice-verified

Yeah, I was talking to a former All Black who watched the game and his comment was, look, they managed their way through the key passages of the game better. voice-verified

And I suppose you look at the start, that driving mall, that straightaway you think the alarm bells are going off here. voice-verified

This is a different Springbok beast. voice-verified

And you look at that period there, the way they opened up. voice-verified

And I also thought the early stages of the second half, because... voice-verified

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