The Blueprint To Beat The Springboks | Kieran Read & Justin Marshall

Justin Marshall joins us live from Pretoria, three tour games deep, one week out from Ellis Park and the mood in South Africa is exactly as cocky as you'd fear. Andy, Kieran Read and Marshy get into the arrogance ("if the All Blacks draw the series, that's a result for THEM"), why South African rugby is booming from schoolboy level up, and the recruitment problem that's got them worried about 13-year-olds on retainers.

Then the serious business: how the All Blacks are actually tracking after three from three, the injury watch on Will Jordan, Cam Roigard and Damian McKenzie, the loose forward puzzle, whether lineout height should be driving selection, why Argentina handed us the blueprint for beating the Boks and why a Springbok side that's short of minutes might be more vulnerable at altitude than anyone's saying.

Plus the Gallagher Fearless Player of the Week

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📑CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro — Marshall live from Pretoria
01:28 "Can the All Blacks beat the Springboks?" — the arrogance question
03:09 Cape Town to the Highveld: what the crowds are like
03:45 The Crusader who reckoned altitude was no problem
04:59 Why South African rugby is absolutely fizzing
06:58 What NZ can learn — NPC crowds and grassroots passion
08:41 The lost art of the tour
09:22 Is South Africa now ahead of us on depth?
11:33 13-year-olds on retainers: South Africa's recruitment worry
13:11 Three from three — how are the All Blacks tracking?
13:26 Injury watch: Will Jordan, Cam Roigard, Damian McKenzie
14:40 Managing a 44-man squad, and Rennie's "not satisfied" message
16:56 Finding the width: the attacking blueprint
18:24 Beating the blitz — why unpredictability is everything
20:35 The loose forward puzzle: Segner, Lakai, Tupou Vaa'i at 6
22:06 6-2 bench, and three wingers for two spots
24:13 Should lineout height decide selection?
25:52 Gallagher Fearless Player of the Week: Ruben Love
29:58 Kolisi out — who jackals for the Boks now?
30:40 Segner's answer to the Kirifi debate
33:01 Are the Springboks undercooked?
35:25 The prep gap — and why Read isn't buying it
36:25 Argentina handed us the blueprint
37:48 Altitude, fatigue and the hurt locker
40:28 The mental side of altitude: "your body says you can't go on"
42:39 Slowing the game down, and what a captain can do about it
44:17 Final word: "This All Blacks team can beat the world champions"
46:17 Outro

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