Some sharp-eyed fans have been asking the question: 'What is this small rectangle on the back of Springbok jerseys?'
”“Technology plays an important role as it allows us to measure and monitor performance. For example, we may have been quite dominant in the last game, but we might not have achieved our internal objectives; we couldn’t measure that without the technological tools at our disposal,” South African Rubgy Union technical support manager Willie Maree told “Secondly, from a conditioning point of view, it helps us to intervene in the coming weeks.
Trevor Nyakane of South Africa during the 2023 Castle Lager Rugby Championship Springbok training session at Loftus Stadium Field B in Pretoria on 20 July 2023 Photo: Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePixMaree is equally proud of the tools that his team have developed to analyse match data in real time to provide rapid feedback to the technical team.
The focus is not just on gathering data but also to find ways of implementing what they have gleaned in a practical way.
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