Springboks Must Handle All Blacks Pressure at the Breakdown, Reinach Says

Springbok veteran: 'We felt the pressure against the All Blacks'

Experienced scrumhalf Cobus Reinach admits the All Blacks pushed the Springboks out of their comfort zone.

Springboks must handle All Blacks pressure at the breakdown, Reinach says

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 26 : South Africa must deal with New Zealand's pressure at the breakdown and get quicker ball if they are to win Saturday’s second test in Cape Town, scrumhalf Cobus Reinach said.The All Blacks claimed a 33-16 victory over the Springboks in the opener of the four-match series in Johannesb

Springboks ready to turn lessons into action in second Test against All Blacks

Reinach: All Blacks targeted breakdown, not nines

Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach has dismissed the idea that he and Grant Williams were singled out by the All Blacks at Ellis Park, reports CLINTON VAN DER BERG. Reinach insisted the visitors’ disruption came from a broader assault on the breakdown rather than a targeted plan against South Africa’s nines. “I don’t think they targeted us as individuals at nine,” he said. “I think they went after the breakdown quite hard, trying to slow the ball…