[ad_1]
Hannah Peters / Getty Images
Springboks captain Siya Kolisi admits his team is a long way from their World Cup heroics as they watch the Rugby Championship on the back of a nightmare year.
Springboks captain Siya Kolisi has done a reality check on his team’s preparation for the Rugby Championship with no word yet that the world champions will actually contest the tournament in Australia.
Kolisi led his green team to a 25-9 win over Gold in a disappointing Springboks test in Cape Town over the weekend that only emphasized the rusty state of the game in South Africa as they start what appears to be an impossible game to catch. a day against your team. All Black and Wallabies rivals who have had successful national campaigns.
Rugby has just resumed in South Africa and it was shown in this test game that it was heavily criticized by critics in terms of player performance.
Kolisi, who won the Webb Ellis Cup in Japan 11 months ago, did not sidestep those shortcomings.
READ MORE:
* How the Springboks complimented referee Jerome Garcés to help win the World Cup
* Springboks are urged to use Richie McCaw’s method to preserve inspiring patron Siya Kolisi
* Springboks are urged to fully sweep the All Blacks in 2020 to prove their status
“We are in a good place as South African rugby with our talents, but we are very far in terms of physical condition and preparation for matches from where we were in the World Cup,” Kolisi said while analyzing the event.
The Springboks’ participation in the Rugby Championship is awaiting the green light from the current South African government ban on international sports participation.
“It’s not (playing in the Rugby Championship) in our hands,” said Springboks coach Mzwandile Stick, as the Boks plan to increase their training to be ready if they get confirmation to board a plane to Australia for the tournament. November and dicember.
1 NEWS
Gill has spent more than a decade with the All Blacks, however this year presents new challenges.
“Our job is to make sure we prepare the players. Since the beginning of the year and during the lockdown, we shared a lot of information between ourselves and the players.
“We are doing everything in our power to make sure the players are ready, but since they haven’t played for six months, managing the players is also very important.
“We don’t want to put them under pressure and play them for 80 minutes week after week; even now you can see the players with minor injuries. So the most important thing right now is the well-being of the players and how we take care of them.
“If our rugby executive and director, Rassie Erasmus, decides that we have to go, we will do everything in our power to make sure we are ready to go.”
The preparation of the All Blacks and Wallabies for the Rugby Championship will be further enhanced by their participation in a Bledisloe Cup series that begins in Wellington this weekend.
