Will Genia's post-Bledisloe breakdown on the I Love Rugby podcast — with Gregan and Smit — is worth reading for two reasons. First, his 'styles make fights' framework is genuinely useful for Springbok supporters: he argues Australia can trouble South Africa precisely because their hybrid physicality-and-skill game partially neutralises the Boks' dominant trait, whereas against New Zealand that same profile leaves them exposed — not physical enough to slow the All Blacks down, not skilled enough to match their tempo. It's a frank admission that the Perth result may say more about stylistic matchups than about any Springbok vulnerability.

Second, his analysis of Roigard is the most detailed comparison to Fourie du Preez you'll find from a peer. Genia frames the modern nine as the true playmaker — touching the ball more, kicking more, driving tempo — and argues Roigard has revived the Du Preez model of constant scheming around the ruck: mixing runs, short balls, cross-field plays and opposite-side options to keep defences flat and guessing. For Bok supporters, the implicit question is sharp: if New Zealand now have that kind of nine, and the Springboks face them in the Rugby Championship, what does South Africa's defensive shape look like against a half who operates the way Roigard does?