Tony Brown hailed Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel after the midfield maestros’ influential efficiency within the first Check in opposition to Eire.
Brown made a selected notice of De Allende’s underappreciated passing recreation throughout a press convention in uMhlanga on Monday.
De Allende and Kriel made their twenty ninth look as a mixture within the win at Loftus Versfeld, equalling the Bok file held by Jean de Villiers and Jaque Fourie.
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Kriel was named man of the match for a efficiency that noticed him make 77 metres and 7 tackles.
Whereas De Allende’s energy to get the Springboks over the gainline has turn out to be one thing applauded by followers, Brown stated he felt the within centre’s passing maybe goes unnoticed.
“Damian is extraordinarily bodily involved and may give you a whole lot of momentum, however one factor you don’t find out about him is that he’s the very best passer within the Bok workforce,” Brown stated.
“I wish to unlock that, all these expertise and skills, and push him and Jesse Kriel to turn out to be even higher than they’re.
“Jesse works extraordinarily onerous and needs to enhance in each aspect of his recreation. He works actually onerous on his offensive recreation and I believe we’ve seen a whole lot of examples the place he’s displaying up on offense.”
Brown, who took over because the workforce’s assault coach this season following the departure of Felix Jones to England after the RWC in France final yr, signalled out execution as one of many primary areas the Springboks can enhance on within the sequence decider in Durban on Saturday.
“There have been some actually good indicators with the way in which we unfold the ball extensive early on, however we must be extra medical within the subsequent recreation,” Brown stated.
“We had just a few possibilities, however we didn’t execute in addition to we might have preferred to, in order that is likely one of the issues we have to enhance on this week. That stated, the extra the blokes play, the higher they are going to be, so hopefully that may get enhance with time.”
Whereas the Springboks confirmed new plans on assault, it was the set piece that proved the distinction within the first Check, with a 78th-minute penalty strive successful it for the hosts.
“I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen such a powerful scrum because the one which resulted within the penalty strive,” Brown stated.
“In my teaching days with Japan it was a case of getting the ball out of the scrum as shortly as doable after which getting round groups.
“It’s very good to teach a South African workforce the place the set items are of such excessive commonplace. You are able to do a whole lot of good issues on a rugby area with momentum in your aspect.”
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