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Cape Town - The man responsible for winning the 1995 RWC for the Springboks with his memorable drop-kick, Joel Stransky has pointed out why the world’s leading teams have faced a few difficulties at flyhalf in the RWC thus far.
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Stransky, who is in New Zealand for the competition was speaking on local sports radio station, Radio Sport and chose to focus on the Springboks’ two biggest rivals standing in the way of the defence of their title.
He says that a lot of the blame has fallen on the halfback pair of Will Genia and Quade Cooper following the Wallabies loss to Ireland, but he defends the players, saying that they had no platform from which to work from.
“I always feel for the Nines and Tens, because Will Genia is also attracting a bit of stick.
“The loss of Pocock was a huge loss to them, and they never really competed for the ball. Quade Cooper is a player who needs to be on the front foot [to play well]. But to be fair, I dont know one Number 10 who could have played well [with a front row performance like that].”
Stransky, rather than criticising the All Blacks for their lack of depth behind number one pivot, Dan Carter, opted to give some advice on where the All Blacks can vary their tactics.
“I think you've got to go with the guy who's the most confident and that would be Piri Weepu for me. The consequence of having a Number 10 going pear shaped in a tight game is usually defeat.”
“We'll only know how good (the win over Fiji) was when it comes to the good teams.”
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Stransky, who is in New Zealand for the competition was speaking on local sports radio station, Radio Sport and chose to focus on the Springboks’ two biggest rivals standing in the way of the defence of their title.
He says that a lot of the blame has fallen on the halfback pair of Will Genia and Quade Cooper following the Wallabies loss to Ireland, but he defends the players, saying that they had no platform from which to work from.
“I always feel for the Nines and Tens, because Will Genia is also attracting a bit of stick.
“The loss of Pocock was a huge loss to them, and they never really competed for the ball. Quade Cooper is a player who needs to be on the front foot [to play well]. But to be fair, I dont know one Number 10 who could have played well [with a front row performance like that].”
Stransky, rather than criticising the All Blacks for their lack of depth behind number one pivot, Dan Carter, opted to give some advice on where the All Blacks can vary their tactics.
“I think you've got to go with the guy who's the most confident and that would be Piri Weepu for me. The consequence of having a Number 10 going pear shaped in a tight game is usually defeat.”
“We'll only know how good (the win over Fiji) was when it comes to the good teams.”
* Click HERE for the latest RWC odds on BET.CO.ZA
