Boks to base it on physical forwards
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Jean de Villiers has said that he is hoping that his team can dominate in the forwards like they are used to ahead of Saturday's game against Argentina in Salta.
The Springboks have been famed for the physicality since the inception of the game in the Republic with the forwards often being the heroes on game day.
The Springbok captain is calling for that famed physicality to take centre stage again on the weekend so that the Boks can play their natural game.
"As a South African rugby player we always like to be physical," De Villiers said after landing in Salta ahead of the Rugby Championship match on Saturday.
"We base our games around the physicality of the forwards and that is the starting point for us,
"Hopefully we can have that tomorrow [Saturday – against Argentina]."
There is a clear motive personally for De Villiers wanting the forwards to fire – it is well known that a dominant pack means more time and space for the backs.
"When we get our forwards up for a game and we are physical and we do dominate in that department it certainly makes it easier for us as a backline," the captain continued.
"We will be hoping to have that tomorrow [Saturday]."
De VIlliers has however been critical of the Boks overall play from last week in Pretoria stating that there needs to be improvements all round.
"We are looking to improve in all facets of our game, but in saying that we do want to get an edge in our game where we don't have to rely totally on our forwards," De Villiers concluded.
"We want to be clever in what we do."
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