adminCAPE TOWN. — It is a simply massive week for Springbok rugby.
Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash against the Wallabies in Brisbane represents an opportunity for coach Allister Coetzee to take a giant step towards convincing a skeptical rugby public that the Boks are in safe hands.
He hasn’t managed to do that yet (he hasn’t even come close), with losses at home to Ireland and away to Argentina plaguing his first five Tests in charge.
The Wallabies are in no great shape themselves. Having been bashed twice (42-8 and 29-9) by the All Blacks, Australia and coach Michael Cheika are on the ropes. Like the Boks, the Wallabies are looking to evolve and play a more attractive brand of rugby but, like the Boks, they seem short on players who can successfully execute such a philosophy. — Sport24.
Wenslus Murape
Online Reporter