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The Springboks’ plan for their historic victory over the All Blacks in 2018 was to create genuine fear in their opponents, the first episode of ‘Chasing the Sun’ revealed.
The first episode of the five-part documentary about the Springboks’ victory at the 2019 World Cup premiered on Sunday night and revealed how Rassie Erasmus motivated the team ahead of the 2018 Rugby Championship match against the All Blacks in Wellington.
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The Springboks entered the game after two consecutive losses to Pumas and Wallabies, and their previous result in New Zealand was a 57-0 humiliation by their historic rivals in Albany in 2017.
“It’s kak to say we have nothing to lose, because we have a lot to lose, but we also have everything to gain from this Test match,” Erasmus said while briefing his forwards just before the match. .
‘RG [Snyman], if you’ve ever had a test where people can say, as always, that you shouldn’t leave anything on the field, this is it … you’re going to have to be so fucked * physical out there. You don’t want them to be angry, you want them to be afraid. Rukking and plukking them [niggling]showing them the finger that bothers them.
‘[But)]cleaning a boy in the ruck [with maximum force] and just looking at him and laughing at him scares them.
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Eben Etzebeth captained the team at Albany and told the players after the game that “this cannot happen ever again”, describing it as one of the worst days of his life.
During the documentary, Etzebeth revealed that as part of the Bok coaching staff’s tactics to psychologically change the team, Jacques Nienaber constantly reminded the players of the 57-0 loss.
“When Jacques Nienaber was teaching us, he kept telling us that we were 57 points behind New Zealand,” Etzebeth said. She kept hammering that in our heads. It was like a scab was being removed all the time and one day I got so mad at her. He said, “I’m glad you’re mad at me, I hope everyone is mad at me, because it must hurt.”
The Springboks would continue to lead 36-34 for their first win in Wellington after leading 26-14 at halftime and then holding out against a late All Blacks attack on their own line of attempts.
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