{"id":102597,"date":"2015-10-20T10:43:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T08:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/102597\/time-to-believe-in-the-boks\/"},"modified":"2019-09-18T02:55:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T00:55:42","slug":"time-to-believe-in-the-boks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/10\/20\/time-to-believe-in-the-boks\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to believe in the Boks"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Rush, South Coast Herald<\/h6>\n

The Boks have arm-wrestled their way to the semi-finals. Or maybe boxed their way in. That’s what it looked like against Wales. It hasn’t been pretty.<\/p>\n

The All Blacks, in contrast, were sublime against France in the quarter-final. They were brutally powerful, yet smooth and graceful at the same time.<\/p>

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Watching them play was not unlike watching Roger Federer at the peak of his powers at Wimbledon, or Tiger Woods untouchable at Augusta.<\/p>\n

The only question that could be asked is: How weak were the French?<\/p>

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Would other teams have put them away like New Zealand did? Maybe.<\/p>\n

Ireland beat them fairly comfortably. Argentina beat Ireland by a big margin (in the end). And New Zealand edged out Argentina.<\/p>\n

It’s not perfect logic admittedly, but the suggestion then is that the All Blacks would of course wallop the beleaguered ‘Tri Colours’.<\/p>\n

So where does this leave the Springboks?<\/p>\n

My feeling is that the All Blacks won’t be terrified by what they have seen of the Boks so far.<\/p>\n

For example, they have not exactly crushed anyone.<\/p>\n

4 DAYS! #RWC2015<\/a> SEMI-FINAL COUNTDOWN \u231a\ufe0f\u23f0: Just four days to go until #RSAvNZL<\/a> @Springboks<\/a> v @allblacks<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lfgwtWfGdN<\/a><\/p>— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) October 20, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n