ARCHIE HENDERSON: The All Blacks can be beaten. Here's how
'Knowing how to beat the ABs is, of course, different from actually winning against them'
ALLISTER Coetzee now knows how to beat the All Blacks. What the Springbok rugby coach needs to do is … 1. Ensure that his scrum stays up and keeps square. If Ruan Dreyer, a cornerstone at tighthead and one of the unsung heroes of the recent Test series, continues to perform the way he did on Saturday against France, half this battle will be won; 2. Make sure his pack stays up in the scrum, but goes low in the maul. The maul is a throwback to the Middle Ages and is a thing of beauty in the eyes of some beholders, but as long as it exists it might as well be exploited. If the Boks can effectively counter the Kiwis in this area, it will negate one of their opponents’ main weapons. The counter ruck and defending against the maul are elements of the game that are difficult to master, but it can be done with practice, practice, practice and then more practice; 3. Contain Brodie Retallick. This will be no easy task, but Eben Etzebeth is at a stage of his Springbok career where he appears t...
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