Padua — Allister Coetzee did not talk about his future after his team’s 35-6 beating of Italy at the Stadio Euganeo on Saturday. The Springbok coach did not need to. His team did the talking on his behalf as they replicated training field routines and blackboard battle plans against a team that was responsible for their nadir in 2016. After the match, which was played in atrocious conditions, the coach was happy and a little relieved. He lauded the effort of his forwards. "It was one of the best performances of the Springbok pack in tough conditions." Coetzee was particularly chuffed that his players had responded to what they were exposed to in the build-up. "What is pleasing is when you work hard off the field and it translates into the match. "Our leadership was excellent. They had patience in our plan‚" he said. Bongi Mbonambi‚ who had to fill the boots of Malcolm Marx at hooker‚ did so with aplomb. "It was everything we trained in the week‚" Mbonambi said. "We didn’t rush ourse...
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