Tony Johnson

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7,860 appearances 27 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

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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

Uh, talking to people who were there saying Springbok fans coming up to all black fans, shaking their hands, this is great, you know, bring on the second test, all that sort of thing. voice-verified

So just a a a a shout out to that because I think that underlines to me what makes this rivalry, just separates it from not just the rivalry. voice-verified

in rugby, but also all of sport, that there is this incredible respect there that just is generated and it's not just between the teams, between the fans, the coaches, everything. voice-verified

Yeah, very evident after the match. voice-verified

Let's get down to brass tacks now. voice-verified

First and foremost, how important voice-verified

And let's come at it from an all black perspective. voice-verified

How important to win that first test? voice-verified

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

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