{"id":14070,"date":"2012-08-31T03:29:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T01:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/rugby-springboks-players-believe-in-game-plan\/"},"modified":"2012-08-31T03:29:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T01:29:27","slug":"rugby-springboks-players-believe-in-game-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-springboks-players-believe-in-game-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Springboks players believe in game plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Aug 30 (Reuters) – South Africa’s players
\nbelieve in the game plan employed by coach Heyneke Meyer and the
\nenvironment around the team allows them the freedom to disagree,
\nSpringbok captain Jean de Villiers said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Meyer has been criticised in South Africa for a rigid game
\nplan revolving around forwards bashing the ball up to get over
\nthe gain line, with the backline generally used to implement the
\nkicking and territory games the Boks have used in recent years.<\/p>\n

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South Africa won their opening Rugby Championship match
\nagainst Argentina in Cape Town, before being held to a shock
\ndraw last weekend in Mendoza by the debutants in the southern
\nhemisphere competition formerly known as the Tri-Nations.<\/p>\n

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“When you don’t live up to expectations then you will be
\ncriticised,” de Villiers told a news conference at Soweto’s
\nOrlando Stadium.<\/p>\n

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“But the important thing is that we believe in what we are
\ndoing, we are set on a game plan that we believe can produce
\nwinning rugby.<\/p>\n

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“We definitely don’t feel like it’s a dictatorship. Heyneke
\nis a new coach trying to get his message across as to how he
\nwants us to play. But we’re all grown-ups, if we disagree then
\nwe’ll stand up and say so.<\/p>\n

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“We believe in what the coach is trying to do, if that
\nchanges, then I believe our environment, the system the team
\noperates in, allows us to have the space to express our views.”<\/p>\n

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While the Springboks were panned for playing
\none-dimensional, forward-dominated rugby against Argentina, de
\nVilliers said he felt the backline had been more effective than
\nthey were given credit for.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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