[ad_1]
Kade Wolhuter in action for Western Province against Free State at Under-18 Craven Week at Gray College in Bloemfontein on July 3, 2019.
- The Springbok Showdown presents a rare opportunity for Young Guns, aspiring Boks, and former Boks to see the inner workings of the World Cup winning machinery.
- People like Kade Wolhuter, Thomas Bursey, JJ van der Mescht and Fez Mbatha will benefit from the “overload” of information about the Springbok culture.
- International Boks like Courtnall Skosan, Ox Nche, Oupa Mohoje, Sikhumbuzo Notshe and Marvin Orie will have another chance to get into the Bok mix this weekend.
The golden gates of Springbok Fortress were opened this week to Young Guns, aspiring Springboks and former Springboks looking to learn information about the 2019 World Cup winning institution that Rassie Erasmus built.
The Springbok Showdown is a great opportunity, not many have, to see the inner workings of the machinery that made the historic third World Cup winning campaign in Japan last year.
Young Guns like western province half fly Kade Wolhuter and former Selborne scrum half Thomas Bursey, as well as Sharks’ hive of talented products like JJ van der Mescht, Fez Mbatha, Celimpilo Gumede and Evan Roos, will be able to see exactly what that is held. field – be one of the world champions.
More than that, players who have tried green and gold, but in completely different circumstances, like Courtnall Skosan, whose 12 caps came in the ill-fated Allister Coetzee era in 2017, have the chance to see what a winning setup from Bok I like it.
“We agreed that, between us as coaches, we are going to share a lot of the Springbok environment with the players: how we do things, how we analyze things, how we plan a week, how we analyze the rival,” Erasmus said. .
“For example, Jacques (Nienaber) showed the guys yesterday (Sunday) some things about Argentina. He had his team meetings as he normally does, setting the goal for the day and at the end of the day recapping about it.
“There are a lot of things we do in the Springbok environment that we want players to get used to. People call it culture. It’s the way we work, the way we do things, and the systems we use. But that’s it. off the field.
“And then how do you do your own analysis, how do you plan your own week in terms of time management and things like that.”
There are 13 World Cup winners who will participate in the Green and Gold squads that will face off in the test style Springbok Showdown taking place in Newlands this Saturday.
About 11 of the 50 in total (divided into 25 players per team) have won matches with Springbok in the past, including Ox Nche, Oupa Mohoje, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Marvin Orie and Jason Jenkins.
With them come 16 Young Guns, elite young talents drawn from the Junior Springbok setup, who will have the opportunity to follow the old men and “overload” themselves with the Springbok culture and way of working.
“We’re going to try to overload them with the Springbok way of working, but we’re not going to overload them with the Springbok way of playing,” Erasmus said.
“We will show them a lot of things and let them learn what a cross kick, a side step, a transfer is and what we call those things, our jargon, but we don’t expect them to use that on Saturday.
“Our message to them was that they should try to understand how we work and by Friday night, you don’t try to remember what you can’t remember by then.
“That Saturday morning when you wake up, that you can remember and your individual ability … we want to see that on Saturday.
“Jacques explains to them how team selection works and how you get into the Springbok team and what we rate you on, that sort of thing.
“Other than maybe (Mzwandile) Stick has a certain plan of attack or Deon (Davids) has a certain play, it won’t be a Springbok pattern printed on the boys’ heads.”
