PETER BRUCE: Talentless ANC even fails Gatland test of doing basics right
The government is almost completely crippled, and the party is divided, fractious, morally exhausted, ignorant and greedy
Warren Gatland, the coach of the Welsh rugby team that has just demolished Australia at the Rugby World Cup in France, gave the whole world great advice a few years ago when he revealed the core of his coaching approach. Wales had produced many famous players before Gatland started coaching in 2007, but it had never been the threat as a team that it is now.
He told an audience he would tell his team to “be the best at everything that requires no talent. There are lots of things in the game that require no talent. Getting up off the ground quickly, chasing a kick, getting back on defence. That doesn’t require talent, it just requires effort.”..
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