02 September 2009
It is good to hear Springbok captain John Smit saying his team is not thinking about the two points they need to clinch the Tri-Nations title on Saturday in Brisbane, but are rather aiming for five.
“I think it would be foolish to look at getting two points. There are five available and that’s what we want. Our attitude from day one has been to take care of the next game, and then at the end of the year we can sit back and smile,” Smit said.
Being his usual diplomatic self he came up for the Wallabies and said it would not be easy though and added the Australian side is having their hides unnecessarily tanned by the Australian media.
“They’re getting a real tough time in the media, but people forget that Australia are the only country, with South Africa, to have won the World Cup twice. They’ve been a phenomenal team in the past and now they are busy developing a young team.
“We lost five matches in a row in 2006 and a year later we won the World Cup, so we know that things can change in a short period of time. At the moment I think too much pressure is being put on the Wallabies, they have young players, a coach who is still finding his feet with them, and it takes time. Australia still have one of the best World Cup records of anyone,” Smit said.
Smit went further and complimented the Wallabies on their never-say-die attitude which he clearly expect to see on Saturday.
“Of all the teams we play against, Australia are the one side that will never stop playing, they’ll bring that same tough mental application for the full 80 minutes. We’ve had a big focus on defence this week, we don’t want to leak too many tries, we can’t have lapses in concentration. We saw that in Perth when Matt Giteau came back from a shaky start and gave his team some opportunity at the end,” Smit said.
This all sounds very positive from the man, lets hope this is not just lip service and we actually see them playing for a win or even better, the five points.
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Just get the win on Sat John. Thats all that is needed.
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