‘The motivation they would've got, the confidence they would've got from having beaten the All Blacks at Twickenham in the warmup game will carry them through very nicely into the final tomorrow,’ says journalist and author, David O’Sullivan.
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DAVID O’SULLIVAN: Absolutely correct, Jeremy. When I think back in 2019 to the World Cup, and you remember there was a racial spat then after the quarterfinal against Japan, where Makazole Mapimpi was seen to be shooed away from a group celebration of white players, and it was immediately perceived as racist. That’s when we understood the power of the ‘bomb squad’ and the fraternity of the ‘bomb squad’, and it was very innocently explained because it happened for innocent reasons.
Fast forward to 2023, he anticipated we’d play the All Blacks at some stage in this tournament and organised a friendly at Twickenham where we put a record score past the All Blacks. So going into tomorrow’s game, there aren’t any unexpected things and the motivation they would’ve got, the confidence they would’ve got from having beaten the All Blacks at Twickenham in the warmup game will carry them through very nicely into the final tomorrow.
But Rassie and Jacques Nienaber are, in fact, that entire management team, I can’t just put it down to one or two people, obviously led by Rassie and Jacques Nienaber, they’re very, very strong on what they call alignment. They are constantly talking about alignment and by that they mean are we all on the same page, do we all understand one another.
JEREMY MAGGS: To that point, David, Kwagga Smith was talking about the team playing for each other and for South Africa, rather than, and here’s the important bit, seeking external respect.
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