Tony Johnson

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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

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

And you just wonder whether is that what happened there? voice-verified

That they they found a way, what's going on in these scrums? voice-verified

And you're right, it was the turning point of the entire test match because if the Springboks score then voice-verified

If they get a penalty. voice-verified

Which becomes a yellow card for repeat offendants uh uh offences, or they score a a a penalty goal or a try from that. voice-verified

I think it's game over. voice-verified

But it wasn't. voice-verified

It tipped the whole game on its axis. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

I think we've also got to balance that out though by mentioning how things changed when Oxenchair came off the field because he was owning it. voice-verified

And you can see why even though he's had this injury concern over and perhaps not a lot of rugby recently, why Russie was so keen to have him on the field because he was phenomenal and it wasn't the same after he went off. voice-verified

Yeah, yeah, f for for sure. voice-verified

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