Don’t expect miracles from the Springboks with their makeshift, B-side feel, while our brightest rugby brain – Nick Mallett – is a TMO I was delighted to discover that someone at SuperSport had a great sense of humour in naming the weekly rugby program TMO. It's a clever way of talking about the television pundits using the acronym – in case you didn't know it – for television match official.But the real joy was listening to Nick Mallett's analysis of last week's disastrous draw to the Barbarians. What is it about South African rugby that we can't employ a man of such immense rugby wisdom, not just rugby knowledge, in some capacity to help our struggling Springboks?It's a crying shame that the best, clearest thinking, most eloquent, considered and knowledgeable voice about Rugby is a TMO, giving "television match opinion" as the host Elma Smit called it.Imagine Nick Mallett as the director of rugby for South Africa. Imagine what kind of rugby establishment we would have with him i...
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