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Episode 204: Here's How the Boks Really Lost the Attack Set Battle | Lekker Rugby Pod

The Lekker Rugby Pod!··30 August 2026·1h 10m

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Why did the Springboks lose to the All Blacks despite spending more time in the red zone?Harry Jones did the homework MW didn't want to do. He rewatched the whole test and logged every single attack set, not entries, not territory, the actual moments where the Boks had clean ball to work with. What he found explains the scoreline better than any possession stat does. In this episode:- Why red zone entries are the wrong number to judge a team's performance by- Every attack set from the test broken down individually, system error or player error- The scrum gamble on the five meter line that could have ended the match either way- What the All Blacks had in the tight moments that the Boks didn'tHarry and MW go through it minute by minute, name the errors, and work out what's actually fixable before the next test.