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Springbok utility back Kurt-Lee Arendse expected the Boks to face another tough test when they embark on their traditional year-end tour to Europe in November, and he hoped to be in the selection mix after making a comeback against Argentina last Saturday.
Arendse, who was one of try-scorers in the team’s 38-21 victory against Argentina in their closing match of the competition in Durban last Saturday admitted that while they were disappointed to lose out on the title, their three back-to-back victories would serve as an important confidence booster going into the tour.
The Boks will face Ireland, France, Italy, and England on the tour, and with Ireland, France, and England all in the top five sides on the world rankings, Arendse said they needed to be up for another massive challenge.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber and his team, however, can draw comfort from the fact that they had a better net points’ difference in their respective mini-series against New Zealand, Australia, and Argentina in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, despite losing out on the title, as they prepare for the year-end tour.
“It would be fantastic to be back in the mix for the year-end tour,” said Arendse. “It’s going to be a tough tour against challenging opposition, so it would be great to have the opportunity to test ourselves against them.”
Arendse added: “It was very disappointing for the team that we couldn’t secure the Castle Lager Rugby Championship title, but it would be great if we could carry the momentum of winning our three Tests into the tour.
“The Castle Lager Rugby Championship is a tough competition, and we are expecting the same from the teams we will face in November, so it will be important to leave South Africa in form and with some confidence and winning momentum.”
After being handed a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle against New Zealand in Nelspruit, Arendse was delighted to be back in the fold for the final Test against Argentina and said he hoped to be selected for the year-end tour.
“It is very special to be part of this group of players,” said Arendse. “I was out and Canan (Moodie) came in and did the job on the wing, so it was good to be back for the final Test, and that made scoring the try even more special.”
“In my time off it made me think a lot about my rugby, what I would like to improve on and reflect on a few things. So, it was good for me, and it made it made me even more hungry to return to action.”
The Springboks departed for their franchises and clubs following Saturday’s Test, and while some players will enjoy a short break, others will run out for their respective clubs and franchises in the next few weeks before the squad assembles for their preparation camp for the year-end tour at the end of October.
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It didn’t take long after Saturday’s 40-14 Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship win over Australia for new second five-eighths Jordie Barrett to feel the effects of his changed role.
While he played nearly three-quarters of the earlier Test against Australia in the position, it was a full-fledged effort on Saturday. He remarked that he wouldn’t have to wake up in the morning to feel the effects of the different, and more physically challenging, role at second five-eighths.
He was already feeling the effects.
“It’s different. I felt like I couldn’t get out of fourth gear, particularly with accelerations, decelerations, and more collisions.
“That’s just the nature of being in the midfield. I still love playing 15 [fullback], and I love playing 12 [second five-eighths]. I just enjoy an opportunity to play for the All Blacks.”
Barrett was able to give something back by causing his markers to feel his strength with some charging runs at their line.
“Rugby hasn’t changed, and if you can get some gain-line off set-piece and nullify it on the other side of the ball, you go a long way toward winning a match.
“They’ve got some outstanding carriers, Valentini, Pete Samu and some good outside backs and midfield players with some feet.”
He said he prepared for the traffic that came to his area and concentrated on that in his preparation.
“They have some big ball carriers particularly off set-piece and if they can get some ascendancy and gain-line it bleeds out into the rest of their game so I knew that if we knocked it on the head there that we could bring their game to a bit of a halt so it was a big mover there tonight.”
“If we could stop them at the gain-line it helps the rest of our boys. Our forwards one to eight were outstanding tonight and it makes the backs jobs a lot easier.”
The All Blacks’ Championship-winning effort was driven by a desire to show their worth to home fans and the closeness of their first Test with Australia.
“We weren’t too proud of our last quarter last week, and it could have gone in a different direction, so we knew, coming back to New Zealand, and Eden Park, it’s a place where we hold a high account, and we wanted to put on a performance that our fans and New Zealand are proud of.
“Consistency is important, it’s what we strive for every day as All Blacks. The last few months haven’t been up to standard but I think we’re heading in the right direction now.”
The scrum and maul had allowed the All Blacks to piggyback their way up the field and then kick to gain 50 metres went a long way toward winning Test matches.
Barrett said his employing the spiral punt was something he had been working on, especially with the Adidas balls used in New Zealand. David Hill and Ian Foster had been encouraging him to use the kick, and he had been practising it a lot.
“If I have got time on the ball I feel like I can peel off an extra 10-15 metres so I was lucky to get a couple away.”
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The squad arrive in Bloemfontein today (Tuesday) and will train in Greys College tomorrow (Wednesday) ahead of their opening fixture against the Griquas on Friday 30th September.
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Locking away the Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup for another year was one thing, but advancing on those achievements on their northern tour of Japan and Europe would be vital for the All Blacks.
Coach Ian Foster said claiming the Championship was ‘very satisfying,’ especially having to win it the hard way.
Northern tours were always tough due to fatigue at the end of a season and with the travel involved, but they have been helped this year by having an extra week’s break without a third Bledisloe Cup match.
They have a three-day camp in Nelson and will be fresher than in previous years.
They play Japan in Tokyo on October 29, Wales in Cardiff on November 6 (NZT), Scotland in Edinburgh on November 14 and England on November 20.
“That’s a deliberate strategy. We’re going to get really stuck into this northern hemisphere tour.
“It’s important we finish that in a position that we’ve got a really clear picture of what we’re going to do because next year’s pretty thin when you look at our prep before a World Cup,” he said.
The All Blacks would have five Tests in 2023 before the World Cup, so they had to maximise their opportunities.
Foster said the 2022 win was different to other Championships the All Blacks have won.
“To do it from behind the eight ball at the start, and to have to climb through that was not the way we wanted. I’m really proud of the effort the boys have put in. They’ve worked hard, they’ve been open-minded about some different little things, and I think we’re starting to see the results of it.”
Lessons from the campaign have been that under pressure, they stay tight and that while seeking solutions had made everyone uncomfortable at times, it had been necessary to go through with the goal of getting the performance right.
They are not the finished article, which was seen again in their Eden Park win.
“The building blocks are nice but there’s still a lot of finishing touches we’re not quite getting right. But what a great spot to be,” he said.
Converting line breaks was one area needing attention, as was letting Australia back on the scorecard late in the game.
“They’re small things, but they’ll be important things in 12 months time.”
Foster felt big strides in defence and set-piece play had been made, but they were still not an 80-minute team. That was down to experience across the side.
“It takes a while to get people to understand that you knock off for half a second in a Test match, you get punished.
“We’ve seen signs in the last two months that we had a lot of good spells in games, but we just didn’t quite get the fact that if you don’t nail every little moment you get hurt. And once you get hurt on the scoreboard then it becomes hard to catch up.”
It was about playing against different teams yet remaining in the moment and then looking to the next moment.
“We’ve proven to ourselves that we can climb through adversity, and there’ll be more to come.
“That’s what international rugby is about.
“I’m proud of the way the team’s dealt with the pressure of not performing to the level we want and the pressure that comes with that,” Foster said.
Before announcing the team for the northern tour in two weeks, he would be thinking about his options in midfield, where Jordie Barrett impressed in Saturday’s win.
“What a great athlete. He’s played well for us at fullback and on the wing and now has played really well at 12 [second five-eighths]. He certainly had a big impact last night.”
Foster was pleased with the development in his front row. It had been a season where they intended to put out markers, especially in seeing where their experienced players were at, and part of that was injecting a few younger players who deserved a chance.
“It’s been a journey for them too. You can go back and talk about Ethan [de Groot], for example, and his journey from Super Rugby and then us having to spend six weeks getting him to the fitness levels he needed to do. But the real message is that if you’re wanting to do the work off the park then there’s opportunity. And he has taken that well.”
As well as selecting their team for the northern tour, they would also choose the All Blacks XV for a two-game tour of the United Kingdom, including a game against the Barbarians on November 13 at Tottenham Stadium and one more game yet to be confirmed.
Because of their schedule and the need for them to develop as a team, there would be minimal crossover between the sides, he said.
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