Julian Redelinghuys — former prop and now Lions assistant coach — gives his front-row reading of the first Test against the Lions, focusing on whether ill-discipline and emotion undermined the Springboks at critical moments. Worth a read for the specialist scrum and set-piece perspective he brings.
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Did the 'red mist' cost the Boks in Test one?
Redelinghuys dissects whether the Boks' emotional decision-making — and the crowd's calls for scrums — backfired in the first Test against the Lions.
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