The French always come with an "unpredictable" tag. John Smit complimented them before the match, but Springbok rugby is too full of confidence at the moment for his statements to ring any alarm bells.
We thrashed the Six Nations champions with great authority and de Villiers will be very happy with his selections. The National coach comments that he now has 30 players that can all play international rugby and this is fantastic for Springbok rugby a year before the World Cup. My hope is that he doesn't have the headache of who to chose for the important matches in a sense.
Having 2 sides that could easily play the same level of rugby week in week out is great, but we know that rugby doesn't always work like that - look at the All Blacks. It is important for de Villiers to know his starting XV, his BEST XV. The other fifteen, although able to slot in, should not be given false hope as this will not aid the team dynamic.
Captain John Smit and senior players like, Matfield, du Preez and Habana need to work hard to ensure the team instills the ethos of Springbok rugby into the new crop of players who are making a name for themselves.
The Springboks have always been expected to win every game they play and this won't change for a very long time. South African rugby is in a good place and long may it continue, it's been said before but we cannot become complacent.
Well done to Gio Aplon on another good performance and Francois Louw on proving the Welsh test was not a false hope.
Let's see how we do against Italy...
We thrashed the Six Nations champions with great authority and de Villiers will be very happy with his selections. The National coach comments that he now has 30 players that can all play international rugby and this is fantastic for Springbok rugby a year before the World Cup. My hope is that he doesn't have the headache of who to chose for the important matches in a sense.
Having 2 sides that could easily play the same level of rugby week in week out is great, but we know that rugby doesn't always work like that - look at the All Blacks. It is important for de Villiers to know his starting XV, his BEST XV. The other fifteen, although able to slot in, should not be given false hope as this will not aid the team dynamic.
Captain John Smit and senior players like, Matfield, du Preez and Habana need to work hard to ensure the team instills the ethos of Springbok rugby into the new crop of players who are making a name for themselves.
The Springboks have always been expected to win every game they play and this won't change for a very long time. South African rugby is in a good place and long may it continue, it's been said before but we cannot become complacent.
Well done to Gio Aplon on another good performance and Francois Louw on proving the Welsh test was not a false hope.
Let's see how we do against Italy...
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