Springbok defence key to beating All Blacks at the FNB Stadium
The Boks will thus be aiming to hit the sweet spot on both attack and defence to try and clinch a win which they have never managed in Soweto over the All Blacks, with them having lost their previous two games against them there, and take a 2-1 series lead into the final Test in Baltimore, USA next weekend.
They should have at least been able to match the All Blacks in the first Test, with the number of 22m entries and chances they had, but only put one away, while in the second Test they were clinical in the first half with three tries, but couldn’t add to that tally in the second and had to rely on the boot of Kolbe.
The Boks have largely been decent over the first two matches, but their lack of finishing and not taking their points in the first Test at Ellis Park cost them dearly in a 33-16 loss, while they were much more clinical and took the points on offer in the second Test in Cape Town to record a 33-26 win.
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