The Springbok Championship Defence
The Springboks are the World Cup champions, Rugby Championship holders and have just clinched the British and Irish Lions series. Their defence has to be admired and the coaches have put in a good shift to make it world class. I want to focus on their defence system and why it is so good. To start this piece off I would first like to start of with some of the principles of this Bok defence. I list a few of them below. They have the player profile Their conditioning is up there with the best Players have clarity Tackle technique is a weapon that they use They rush attack to make decisions They force attack back on the inside They scramble well High energy defence system (linespeed) The Boks have big men who hit you hard, are physical in contact with the right attitude. They also have hitters with a high work rate and with a good technique that also gives players confidence and certainty. They don't only hit you hard in the tackle they also put a huge amount of pressure on th