{"id":212764,"date":"2025-10-20T08:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212764\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:48:13","slug":"maybe-the-all-blacks-are-not-quite-getting-that-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212764\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Maybe the All Blacks are not quite getting that right’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All Blacks<\/a> playmaker turned Springboks attack coach Tony Brown<\/a> has shared his thoughts on his former team\u2019s form, \u00a0de-emphasising the attacking side of the ball when looking at areas where the Kiwis are struggling to hit the lofty heights expected of them.<\/p>\n

Brown is yet to lose a Rugby Championship<\/a> title with the Springboks after joining Rassie Erasmus\u2019 coaching staff following the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and is steering the team into a daring new direction with his more expansive attacking instincts.<\/p>\n

New Zealand, on the other hand, have been criticised for playing more conservatively in recent times. The All Blacks finished the Rugby Championship with the fewest linebreaks, carries, metres gained and offloads, despite beating the most tackles.<\/p>\n

But Brown didn\u2019t look to the team\u2019s attack when asked whether his analysis had found a more regimented, unambitious playstyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Test rugby is a little bit different,\u201d he responded during an appearance on Sky Sports\u2019 The Breakdown. \u201cThere are so many different things around how you win a game of Test rugby, and it can\u2019t be just attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to get everything right on the day: you\u2019ve got to get your set piece right, you\u2019ve got to get your kicking game right; the contest in the air has become a massive thing. You\u2019ve got to get everyone on the same page and attacking together, or defending together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the beautiful thing about what Otago\u2019s doing at the moment. Even though it\u2019s a lesser competition, they\u2019ve just got everyone on the same page; they\u2019re switching from defence to attack, or attack to defence, at the same time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot more at stake in Test match rugby, but ultimately that\u2019s what you want your side to be doing all the time. Sometimes, maybe the All Blacks are not quite getting that right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown donned an old Otago<\/a> jersey for his cameo on the show, representing his home region\u2019s colours ahead of their NPC final challenge in Christchurch on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old has played for and coached the Dunedin-based NPC outfit as well as Super Rugby\u2019s Highlanders, while his international duties with Japan<\/a> contrast dramatically with his current role in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the Japan side, the set piece is not quite as good,\u201d he joked. \u201cSo, you definitely get a bit better ball to attack off. And they\u2019re obviously bigger humans who love the physical side of the game, whereas the Japanese side loves the flair and loves moving the ball. New Zealand<\/a> is probably a little bit of both.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely different going into the Springbok camp and trying to coach them. But it\u2019s been very enjoyable. I just try and coach them my way and try and get them playing the game that I want to try and play; and try and use their strengths rather than try and get them to do something that they\u2019re not comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Blacks playmaker turned Springboks attack coach Tony Brown has shared his thoughts on his former team\u2019s form,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-212764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}