28 ordspråk av Jake White
Jake White
But when you have a national captain like John Smit, who showed he can get then to gel as a national team, it is a huge bonus for me as national coach.
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I don't think I have a leader who can step into John's shoes in my current team. If you pick a captain and there is no synergy you can end up with a divided team.
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I love it; this whole atmosphere is why you play and coach rugby.
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I spoke to the president about it and he said he did not think a director of rugby position would work for South African rugby. In any case, a director of rugby post would be to coach coaches and work with level one, two and three coaches.
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I view that as a tremendous achievement and testimony that the rugby authorities are doing a job in that respect. Apart from broadening our base of young players, we are currently setting the pace at under-19 and under-21 (international) level ? something which we can be extremely proud of.
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I'll tell you on Saturday afternoon if it was an advantage to play two weekends in a row before this match or not.
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I've heard Campo has done good things with the Sharks and I definitely want to talk to him.
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If he (Jones) brings a team that's got six, seven, eight injuries, and brings sort of his B side across you can't really blame him for not getting a result so I can't see that being any influence on his future.
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If we beat the All Blacks on Saturday it must come close to the achievement of winning a World Cup.
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If you don't practice situations beforehand in which you have to defend your lead, you won't necessarily know what to do in match situations.
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It was an easy selection from the point of view that everyone was fit. It's unlike previous times, when we have had to get players into the mix after injury or find another player because of an injury.
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It was very beneficial chatting to him. He's just spent a month doing battle with them. You have to get something out of that.
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It would probably be a bit silly of them to get rid of him now it's almost 18 months left before the World Cup.
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It's not as simple as deciding who's your 10. He has to fit in with the players around him. You have to see if he can play with your No9 and No12.
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It's unbelievable. Last year it was on the hooter, this year it's with four minutes to go. You have to give credit to the All Blacks, that's probably why they're the best team in the world. They just kept coming at us.
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