The essence of the bomb squad is that the team is 23 players not 15 plus "reserves". It gives the bench dignity and respect. Some of them might be the best players. It enables the more experienced players to extend their careers as well.
Even with his training squad. He’s making moves there. Remember in Chasing The Sun when Manie wasn’t selected for the final and was told that he needs to be the Aaron Smith in training. Iconic
Exactly, in today's game, with all sports, it's so competitive, they have have to be able to bench press a to & run a marathon. Medicine & tech has advanced things but is still crazy. Just saw a vid shot drinking cultures in the 90's in English football, how they played is amazing, even for those times. Virtual impossible now. He realises guys can perform more, if they have to do it less, bit like nfl where they're bigger & have less game time, because you can't have an engine like that if you're trying to slam so much
The secret is depth. The bomb squad is a group of players as good as the ones that they replace. 100% intensity all the time. Other teams mostly replace tired legs with second string players.
Seems like they could make 4 teams at the moment and still be competitive. The depth at tighthead prop for instance is incredible. Malherbe, Koch, Du Toit, Wilco Louw, Neethling Fouche and I'm sure there's others I'm forgetting
It is great that all players amongst the squad of 23 feel that they are part of the team and not just a "bench sitter". The bomb squad are equal to the "first 15".
For me this is the best part of it. Reduces team politics of who is starting and who’s on the bench. With the guys on the bench even feeling more valuable as in many cases, they actually come and save the day.
On face value it seems like SA is building towards a situation of having 2 alternative test sides.Once the injured locks and other forwards are back they will be on the verge of 2 "test"sides. The resting of 7 players who did not go to Argentina had a devastating effect in the 2nd test yesterday against Argentina.
It’s hard to disagree with most of that but who else has viable options with upto 4 players for a single position, other coaches have far slimmer pickings.
@@jimbo4890 yeah, the schools they come from DO NOT play about their rugby . . . They scout the absolute as early as possible and train them with the same intensity it would take to represent the country. There is no such thing as a 'bench player' in those schools, because even players with the least minutes have to be conditioned for a full game of rugby . That's juss how serious it gets . . . Grey College is a good example .
Mate, you guys throw around the word "genius" so often to anything Rassie has ever done, that its kind of laughably meaningless these days. Do you really think he is a "genius" by just having a pool of players who are all world class, or very close to it, so his subs are basically as good as most teams starting players? To me that just sounds like common sense rather than genius? But maybe you guys are easily impressed? 🤷
South Africa are the only team that have fully figured out that Rugby is a 23 man game. France is the closest to having figured it out too. New Zealand seem to have forgotten it recently
horseshit,NZ had the same mentality in the Henry era.And we could do it then because we had the depth.Now,we're barely competitive with our first team. There's nothing revolutionary about what Erasmus is doing,it's just common sense.
...actually, I believe Rassie is building an NFL-style 50 man roster. The modern game demands such a large roster. The number of games & the intensity has a devastating impact on the players.
Great video. There is something else about this that sets the Springboks apart. The team has many versatile players. The likes of Kwagga, Manie, PSDT and don’t ever forget Cheslin can all play in different positions. This is what makes the risk tenable.
Yes, you are correct, I always wonder why some test teams ( not naming names ) don't focus on Utility Players....in fact one super power team, if you are a utility, your chances of selection drops....
Ssssh! Don't mention the bomb squad, it can be an explosive issue & triggers some rugby pundits with short fuses, like Matt Williams & John Kirwin to get it banned! BTW great video 👍
Bomb squad works because a lot of those bench guys are better than the starters. Marx, Kwagga, Spicy Plumb, Snyman… It also eliminated the fatigue that haunted the Springboks and caused a lot of the loses in the last 15mins against the All Blacks.
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All the comments here are good. So here is how I see it. The success of the boom squad is not intierly the players as good as they are. Rassie in a moment of genius named them the boom Squad weather it was A joke or not. By naming the bench he gave the bench an identity so they went from not just being the back up players but the players that finish a game by doing this it became an honor to play on the bench and not just Rassie back up. Then he motivated this by getting the world to buy inro it, so much so that WR has been trying everything to stop this. What a brilliant strategy
Rassie has rotated the players well, so the bomb squad don’t feel like 2nd string players. They are experienced and have learned how to win with determination and grit. Special team.
People seem to forget that the 7-1 split was due to an injury to Willie Le Roux. By the time the 'Bomb Squad' got onto the field, we were 21-0 to the good. The 'Bomb Squad' extends beyond the matchday 23. It's a coaching philosophy that allows the coaching team to build depths for the future.
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Back in 2005 when Rassie started his coaching career, he was the first coach to select 6 props for the Currie Cup final. That showed everyone that he thinks different. Did I mention that he sat on the stadium roof with lights and signs and paddles to send messages to the team on the field?
Correct and half the signals meant nothing and it messed the Bulls up. He also left fake moves on a piece of paper lying around for the Bulls to study.
The bomb squad has been around for a long time now! I'm surprised no other team has been able to reproduce it yet. Especially a country like New Zealand that has a lot of depth
I think they'll get there, there's some good young players coming through who could be impactful off the bench in the years to come for NZ Roigard and Ratima look like two very good 9s who could alternate and be effective as starters or substitutes
Substitutes are allowed. The depth and strength of Springbok rugby is showcased when the bomb squad takes the field ... Others can do it ... but do not have the strength ...
This will be the future of rugby…the intensity is going up…players cannot take the hits for 15 years…rugby is now a 23 man team game…Every country is moving that way..
The collective 23 collects quality caps test in and test out. 23 players gets a quality cap. That is how the springboks build experience much quicker than other teams...
@Dkouts Yup. People forget how many Boks are currently out: Steven Kitshoff, Deon Fourie, Franco Mostert, Lood de Jager, RG Snyman, Jean Kleyn, Faf de Klerk, Edwin van der Merwe and Damien Willemse. Andre Esterhuizen has just come back (now playing CC rugby), and Siya Kolisi is on the short-term injury list with his face injury. Those are some big names!
@@mjribes And Sasha F-M who's having/just had knee surgery (probably keyhole type)... several are due back before the end of this year. Think perhaps Jean Kleyn has been declared fit to play this weekend - not 100% sure.
The secret to the bomb squad is utility players, Willemse can cover any position in the backline and the secret weapon is Kwagga, as an ex-sevens player he can cover almost every position on the team.
Actually it's just a matter of how and when to use your reserves (because all teams use their reserves anyway). All these options are available to all teams
No one else has a world class group of forwards to do this but others will try. The Springboks are a juggernaut at the moment and look to be that way for some time. The rest of the rugby world will have to figure out a way to combat the bomb squad
I think the main point of the bomb squad is not a 6-2 or 7-1 split, it's using the bench efficiently. It's like changing game plan around the 50th minute. The 'usual' replacement of tired legs means you go on the same way more or less all the way through. Here you play 50mins with strategy A and 30 with strategy B. Some like that. Obviously it's only working if your 2nd front pack is anywhere closely as good as the first and if you've got the depth with the backs. At the WC it was shown that you NEED a great kicker for it to work. Ireland didn't win against SA, it's more like SA lost it on wasted kicks. I'd be curious to know if it works in a football match. You've got 11 guys on the field for the first 60mins and depending on how it's going you change 5 dudes at the same time to play with a different lineup effectively, not just to get fresh legs on the field.
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Rassie very cleverly made the guys on the bench feel special. The guys like Marx were originally very unhappy to not start .. and this way he has elevated them and helped to motivate the bench
The Bomb Squad has been a really interesting and successful strategy that Rassie developed for the Boks. It was a very risk gamble which Rassie to his credit pulled off. Hogh risk because you are removing specialist backs from the bench which could backfire if several backs got injured . I think what Rassie realised was that he had at his disposal a uniquie set of forwards who could cover back positions. Kwagga Smith is a perfect example .He is strong fast and has fantastic ball skills and voild at a push cover the back row as well as centre . It will be interesting to see if the Bomb squad is retained as the Boks start to introduce the next generation of players . I think the question for him will be will the next crop containing such versatile players such as Kwagga.
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This is the only team in world sports where the starters can also aspire to be part of the bench. That's how important the team effort is. It is about 23 players all being able to start. The answer here is the talent depth of South African rugby.
I don’t understand what the fuss by coaches and pundits is about the bomb squad . It works because when you have really versatile players like Kwaga who can play almost any position. However it is a risky strategy if there are injuries or drop in quality this could fail. As for criticism I think it was a courageous innovation by Rassie and worked for him and as coach he can stack his bench anyway he likes . I don’t know what the fuss it has created
They are the exact opposite of what you'd expected from a bomb squad that come to defuse a situation and make it all safe. They are typically beautiful brute force brutality. Like zombie we've given new meaning to the term.
With the success st school level in South Africa what is the players pathway to the next age group at U20 level. Why has the success at school level not transfered to success at U20 level ?
The bomb squad, while it is currently legal, subverts both the spirit of the game, and the rationale behind the increase in reserves from none in the 1950s, to two in the 1960s, to four in the 1980s and to seven in 1996, and later eight with the addition of the extra prop to minimize the chance of teams who are getting hammered in the scrum faking injuries to get uncontested scrums (Wasps, I'm looking at you!) The problem is that there had already been a lot of calls to reduce the bench back to five for a few years, and to specify their positions - two front rowers, one lock/loose forward and two backs, and Rassie's use of the bomb squad makes it more likely that the European voting bloc of World Rugby would act on this. Reducing the number of subs is an idea that I oppose, because it will almost certainly lead to more injuries by incentivizing players to play on when injured and thereby risk aggravating their injury. IMO, the best compromise would be to specify the positions bench players are allowed pay in... do away with the 8th reserve, and go back to a bench of seven... four of which must be forward reserves (two front rowers, a lock and a loose forward), and three must be backs. To limit the chance for teams to cheat with uncontested scrums, adopt the same substitution/replacement laws the French developed and trialed successfully in 2006... ► If a qualified front-row player has to leave the field for injury, blood or as a tactical substitution, their replacement must be a suitably trained and qualified front row player. ► If a qualified front row player has to leave the field for temporary or permanent suspension, they must be replaced with a suitably trained and qualified player at the next scrum, and another player, nominated by the captain, has to leave the field. ► If a side is unable to supply a suitably trained and qualified front row player, they cannot bring on another player, and must play one player short. On their scrum feed, the scrum is uncontested, but on the opposition scrum feed, an Indirect Free Kick is awarded, from which the team cannot kick for goal, but they can kick to touch for a gain in ground from anywhere on the field. I am not against the idea of the bomb squad per se, other than I think it is against the spirit of the game, but I know a lot of the gin-swilling Old Farts running World Rugby are, and this might force them to do something about the reserves that I do oppose.
Hey @sc99…..you correctly pick on 2 critical areas of contention ie the spirit of the game & the rationale of the idea in relation to the BombSquad. What do we tell Warren Gatlin after his 6-2 split backfired? My point is there is always an element of risk. (and I’m not writing from for or against here) On a separate note, who else has watched a U16 boys (like I did) employ BombSquad like tactics in their scrummaging, to your point of rationale. Your other argument revolving around around injury is most important as well✅
Any of the top 5, 6 teams have enough depth to do it so why don't they do it? Fact of the matter is that these teams basically play each other continuously between world cups and rarely play teams lower down in the ranking where this could be an issue. I don't see the problem. Besides - all teams have 8 reserves who they can use at any given time during the game. And as you said, there is amount of risk involved.
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Absolutely bs. Rassie changed rugby for ever! South Africa can make 3 even strong teams with plenty people waiting to enter those teams. A few years ago flower bombs were drop on the field while the Springboks played in New Zealand. New Zealand wanted Alartheid gone. Now Apartheid is gone. This is the result. There is no discrimination in South African rugby and they play for more than just a game, they play for every person in South Africa.
Actually, the squad have failed several times too. Putting fresh feet on the ground only just scraped through x3 games x 1 point and failed with Ireland Argentina and not a massive dominant killer thing.
To say the best coach of all time destroyed rugby is planely just envy and jealousy from has beens who wants to complain about our success just to so they can stay relevant.
Great video, enjoyed it, but you really didn't explain the intricacy. You ascribe everything to bomb squad, but that's nonsense. For one glaring example, in WC quarter final against France in their home world cup, we went 5:3 split for the first time in years, and we won through running rugby and typical springbok strength from player one to 23. You can't just call every victory in 6 years bomb squad. It's just a tool we have. The game is far more than that. I do appreciate the video, just needs far deeper analysis and explaining.
All National Rugby teams can use the same strategy. Why all negativity? All National Rugby Teams use the same game plan or strategies. So why all National RugbyTeams don't use a Bomb Squad
Get rid of yawnfest time consuming scrums, therefore the need for gym-monkey props. XIII players/athletes that can last 80mins, unless injured - then replacements come into effect.
@User949F62 I don't like Props. Which position gives away most penalties ? Which position can't last a full game ? Which position has the slowest players ? Which position has the least ball carry yards ? Which position is substituted most ? That's right ==== Props. A total waste of space, only there to slow the game down and bore us to death with scrumfests. As for the "girls" that play rugby league. Bet you don't have the bottle to say that in Yorks/Lancs pub.
With respect, sir, this is such a superficial analysis of the Bomb Squad, it makes me cringe. Rassie's motivation for the Bomb Squad is not about the shock value. It's about managing player welfare. Tim Noakes, eminent sport scientist, pointed out in the 2000s that Bok coaches were forcing their players into the red zone, time on-the-field, fatigue, the number of hits they had to endure. Player fatigue results in mistakes and injuries. The coaches at the time ignored him. The great Victor Matfield (around 2012?) was called out after he shambled around the field for the last 15 minutes of a game. All he could say was "I'm a professional. I do what I have to do." Rassie took Noakes' lessons to heart. When players have emptied the tank , they need to be replaced. It's the forwards who empty their tanks, so substitutes should be forwards. That evolved into looking at the whole forward squad as an entity. Hence the Bomb Squad because they weren't substitutes but were brought on to continue the game at the same level the starters had performed. This gave them an identity of not just being substitutes but having a purpose. That's the Rassie genius! Of course, Rassie could dip into the incredible depth of talent in SA. So someone like Malcom Marx could have been in an A-team selection. But bring him on when the opponents were all tired, he would shine and he would help win the game. Under Rassie, the bench was not a set of second rate players but equal to the first team. Their purpose was to finish off the game. Now in this past week weekend game against Scotland his A- team came on as the bomb squad so they had to endure less attrition and fatigue. When the Boks travel to Twickenham the A-team can start fresher. Nick Mallet's side in 1998 went to Twickenham about to win a world record of wins and lost to England in their last northern hemisphere game because they were so fatigued. That was how the game was played then. Rassie is so far ahead in thinking about player welfare that Beaumont and rugby pundits. in general. and in the northern hemisphere, in particular, can't even imagine what he's doing. They are buffoons who look at the shape of the car and don't look under the bonnet, look at the engine and, in particular, look at the engine management system. This is what controls the performance of the engine and the car. The Bomb squad revitalised Springbok rugby. Long may the traditionalists not accept this view or try to regulate around it. Sadly, they just don't understand how it improves player welfare and ultimately their performance..
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The essence of the bomb squad is that the team is 23 players not 15 plus "reserves". It gives the bench dignity and respect. Some of them might be the best players. It enables the more experienced players to extend their careers as well.
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Even with his training squad. He’s making moves there. Remember in Chasing The Sun when Manie wasn’t selected for the final and was told that he needs to be the Aaron Smith in training. Iconic
Exactly, in today's game, with all sports, it's so competitive, they have have to be able to bench press a to & run a marathon. Medicine & tech has advanced things but is still crazy. Just saw a vid shot drinking cultures in the 90's in English football, how they played is amazing, even for those times. Virtual impossible now. He realises guys can perform more, if they have to do it less, bit like nfl where they're bigger & have less game time, because you can't have an engine like that if you're trying to slam so much
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It allows the starting players to play a hard as possible, knowing they will only need to put in 40-ish minutes.
The secret is depth. The bomb squad is a group of players as good as the ones that they replace. 100% intensity all the time. Other teams mostly replace tired legs with second string players.
Simply!
Seems like they could make 4 teams at the moment and still be competitive. The depth at tighthead prop for instance is incredible. Malherbe, Koch, Du Toit, Wilco Louw, Neethling Fouche and I'm sure there's others I'm forgetting
That and the fact that SA produces giants....
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wow! tight prop is one of the highest paid players on the squad!!
It is great that all players amongst the squad of 23 feel that they are part of the team and not just a "bench sitter".
The bomb squad are equal to the "first 15".
1st XV now thats a word!!!
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Exactly, but if you think of it those players have MORE impact in the game... Hence we win 😊
@@optoms1178Yes, they seal the deal.
For me this is the best part of it. Reduces team politics of who is starting and who’s on the bench. With the guys on the bench even feeling more valuable as in many cases, they actually come and save the day.
On face value it seems like SA is building towards a situation of having 2 alternative test sides.Once the injured locks and other forwards are back they will be on the verge of 2 "test"sides.
The resting of 7 players who did not go to Argentina had a devastating effect in the 2nd test yesterday against Argentina.
The substitutes are substitutes. Every team has them. Rassie just uses his with genius. That is why Rassie is the GOAT….
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It’s hard to disagree with most of that but who else has viable options with upto 4 players for a single position, other coaches have far slimmer pickings.
@@jimbo4890 yeah, the schools they come from DO NOT play about their rugby . . . They scout the absolute as early as possible and train them with the same intensity it would take to represent the country. There is no such thing as a 'bench player' in those schools, because even players with the least minutes have to be conditioned for a full game of rugby . That's juss how serious it gets . . . Grey College is a good example .
Mate, you guys throw around the word "genius" so often to anything Rassie has ever done, that its kind of laughably meaningless these days. Do you really think he is a "genius" by just having a pool of players who are all world class, or very close to it, so his subs are basically as good as most teams starting players? To me that just sounds like common sense rather than genius? But maybe you guys are easily impressed? 🤷
South Africa are the only team that have fully figured out that Rugby is a 23 man game. France is the closest to having figured it out too. New Zealand seem to have forgotten it recently
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horseshit,NZ had the same mentality in the Henry era.And we could do it then because we had the depth.Now,we're barely competitive with our first team.
There's nothing revolutionary about what Erasmus is doing,it's just common sense.
...actually, I believe Rassie is building an NFL-style 50 man roster. The modern game demands such a large roster. The number of games & the intensity has a devastating impact on the players.
Great video. There is something else about this that sets the Springboks apart. The team has many versatile players. The likes of Kwagga, Manie, PSDT and don’t ever forget Cheslin can all play in different positions. This is what makes the risk tenable.
Yes, you are correct, I always wonder why some test teams ( not naming names ) don't focus on Utility Players....in fact one super power team, if you are a utility, your chances of selection drops....
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Very true every position is covered despite the injuries that may occur.
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Ssssh! Don't mention the bomb squad, it can be an explosive issue & triggers some rugby pundits with short fuses, like Matt Williams & John Kirwin to get it banned! BTW great video 👍
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The Bomb Squad lives in Matt Williams head rent free 😂
JK seems more appreciative of the Bomb Squad these days
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Bomb squad works because a lot of those bench guys are better than the starters. Marx, Kwagga, Spicy Plumb, Snyman… It also eliminated the fatigue that haunted the Springboks and caused a lot of the loses in the last 15mins against the All Blacks.
Got to love the spicy plum 😂
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Etzebeth coming off the bench today as part of the bomb squad is set to equal Victor Matfield's Springbok cap record. What a moment that will be 🎉
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@@Dkouts imagine next weekend in Nelspruit when he surpasses the record...wonder if his wife will.sing the National Anthem agian...
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It is all legal within the rules of the game,Rassie is a brilliant rugby mind just accept that he outsmarts every other coach in world rugby
Facts!! Innovative is what I'd call him
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All the comments here are good. So here is how I see it. The success of the boom squad is not intierly the players as good as they are. Rassie in a moment of genius named them the boom Squad weather it was A joke or not. By naming the bench he gave the bench an identity so they went from not just being the back up players but the players that finish a game by doing this it became an honor to play on the bench and not just Rassie back up. Then he motivated this by getting the world to buy inro it, so much so that WR has been trying everything to stop this. What a brilliant strategy
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Those twipps will try anything to get Springboks banned
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Agreed, he's helped build up the aura of the bomb squad
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Rassie has rotated the players well, so the bomb squad don’t feel like 2nd string players. They are experienced and have learned how to win with determination and grit. Special team.
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People seem to forget that the 7-1 split was due to an injury to Willie Le Roux. By the time the 'Bomb Squad' got onto the field, we were 21-0 to the good. The 'Bomb Squad' extends beyond the matchday 23. It's a coaching philosophy that allows the coaching team to build depths for the future.
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THAT IS VERY VERY TRUE‼️‼️‼️‼️
Rassie is the goat and is far ahead in evolving the game.
the game has evolved‼️
kwagga Smith is the player that allows the 7/1 split, as e used to play 7s and runs like a center/winger... Great asset and fantastic player
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Matt Williams got so worked up I think he thought about having a sex change
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Remember how he wished "Karma" on the Springboks? Yep, HE got his Karma, that irritating, jealous chipmunk.
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Back in 2005 when Rassie started his coaching career, he was the first coach to select 6 props for the Currie Cup final. That showed everyone that he thinks different. Did I mention that he sat on the stadium roof with lights and signs and paddles to send messages to the team on the field?
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Very interesting. He's a revolutionary
BTW, he won that final against the Bulls that had players like Matfield, BBotha, F du Preez, Morne Steyn, in his first year of coaching.
Correct and half the signals meant nothing and it messed the Bulls up.
He also left fake moves on a piece of paper lying around for the Bulls to study.
It was Albany at 2017 that started everything and build up until today, and created this bomb squad. Two great rivalries
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The bomb squad has been around for a long time now! I'm surprised no other team has been able to reproduce it yet. Especially a country like New Zealand that has a lot of depth
I think they'll get there, there's some good young players coming through who could be impactful off the bench in the years to come for NZ
Roigard and Ratima look like two very good 9s who could alternate and be effective as starters or substitutes
That is very true
Substitutes are allowed. The depth and strength of Springbok rugby is showcased when the bomb squad takes the field ... Others can do it ... but do not have the strength ...
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This will be the future of rugby…the intensity is going up…players cannot take the hits for 15 years…rugby is now a 23 man team game…Every country is moving that way..
They have to adapt or they'll fall by the way side it's a 23 man game now
The collective 23 collects quality caps test in and test out. 23 players gets a quality cap. That is how the springboks build experience much quicker than other teams...
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Yeah every player on the bench gets decent minutes instead of 10 minute cameos
The term "Bomb Squad" was coined by Franco "Sous" Mostert.
He's been a big loss lately. One of those players who isn't flashy but really does the hard yards
@Dkouts Yup. People forget how many Boks are currently out: Steven Kitshoff, Deon Fourie, Franco Mostert, Lood de Jager, RG Snyman, Jean Kleyn, Faf de Klerk, Edwin van der Merwe and Damien Willemse. Andre Esterhuizen has just come back (now playing CC rugby), and Siya Kolisi is on the short-term injury list with his face injury.
Those are some big names!
@@mjribes And Sasha F-M who's having/just had knee surgery (probably keyhole type)... several are due back before the end of this year. Think perhaps Jean Kleyn has been declared fit to play this weekend - not 100% sure.
@@vivb5180 Oh yeah! I'd forgotten that Sasha wasn't just being rested this week.
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The secret to the bomb squad is utility players, Willemse can cover any position in the backline and the secret weapon is Kwagga, as an ex-sevens player he can cover almost every position on the team.
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@@RedLorryYellowLorry_ at one time, I’m pretty sure, to be utility meant your chances to be an AB was decreased!?
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Actually it's just a matter of how and when to use your reserves (because all teams use their reserves anyway). All these options are available to all teams
No, he is a genius, by developing not one team, but several teams at once! Rassie has created a monster. The rugby world is afraid, very afraid!
Pretty much like Graham Henry’s rotation policy with the All Blacks
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No one else has a world class group of forwards to do this but others will try. The Springboks are a juggernaut at the moment and look to be that way for some time. The rest of the rugby world will have to figure out a way to combat the bomb squad
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I think the main point of the bomb squad is not a 6-2 or 7-1 split, it's using the bench efficiently. It's like changing game plan around the 50th minute. The 'usual' replacement of tired legs means you go on the same way more or less all the way through. Here you play 50mins with strategy A and 30 with strategy B. Some like that. Obviously it's only working if your 2nd front pack is anywhere closely as good as the first and if you've got the depth with the backs. At the WC it was shown that you NEED a great kicker for it to work. Ireland didn't win against SA, it's more like SA lost it on wasted kicks.
I'd be curious to know if it works in a football match. You've got 11 guys on the field for the first 60mins and depending on how it's going you change 5 dudes at the same time to play with a different lineup effectively, not just to get fresh legs on the field.
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Rassie very cleverly made the guys on the bench feel special. The guys like Marx were originally very unhappy to not start .. and this way he has elevated them and helped to motivate the bench
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there is at least 4 players per position that could fill the spot, amazing depth that has been built
9:37 The Bomb Squad comes on fairly early. Sometimes just after half time. The innovative part is not the split but how Rassie uses the bench
They do compared to other teams benches
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The Bomb Squad has been a really interesting and successful strategy that Rassie developed for the Boks. It was a very risk gamble which Rassie to his credit pulled off.
Hogh risk because you are removing specialist backs from the bench which could backfire if several backs got injured .
I think what Rassie realised was that he had at his disposal a uniquie set of forwards who could cover back positions. Kwagga Smith is a perfect example .He is strong fast and has fantastic ball skills and voild at a push cover the back row as well as centre .
It will be interesting to see if the Bomb squad is retained as the Boks start to introduce the next generation of players . I think the question for him will be will the next crop containing such versatile players such as Kwagga.
I like your perspective @patrickchilds , Kwagga being a sevens exponent, do you think, that’s a possible breeding ground of multi-skilled players like Kwagga?
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This is the only team in world sports where the starters can also aspire to be part of the bench. That's how important the team effort is. It is about 23 players all being able to start. The answer here is the talent depth of South African rugby.
Very true there's 4 or 5 test level players in almost every position and they are all bought into the same goal
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Well put
I don’t understand what the fuss by coaches and pundits is about the bomb squad . It works because when you have really versatile players like Kwaga who can play almost any position. However it is a risky strategy if there are injuries or drop in quality this could fail. As for criticism I think it was a courageous innovation by Rassie and worked for him and as coach he can stack his bench anyway he likes . I don’t know what the fuss it has created
Exactly high risk high reward
7-1 it’s a big fuss
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Experience and fitness are the essentials; note the recent loss against Argentina
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He hasn't broken rugby SA isn't invincible like the 2015 All black Rassies has just finally showed the true potential of SAFFA rugby
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They are the exact opposite of what you'd expected from a bomb squad that come to defuse a situation and make it all safe. They are typically beautiful brute force brutality. Like zombie we've given new meaning to the term.
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The term 'BOMB SQUAD' is a SA original and drives fear into all opposition
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All other rugby teams has the right to build their own Bomb Squad if they prefer,its just that The Boks has more Depth.
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The bomb squad, while it is currently legal, subverts both the spirit of the game, and the rationale behind the increase in reserves from none in the 1950s, to two in the 1960s, to four in the 1980s and to seven in 1996, and later eight with the addition of the extra prop to minimize the chance of teams who are getting hammered in the scrum faking injuries to get uncontested scrums (Wasps, I'm looking at you!)
The problem is that there had already been a lot of calls to reduce the bench back to five for a few years, and to specify their positions - two front rowers, one lock/loose forward and two backs, and Rassie's use of the bomb squad makes it more likely that the European voting bloc of World Rugby would act on this. Reducing the number of subs is an idea that I oppose, because it will almost certainly lead to more injuries by incentivizing players to play on when injured and thereby risk aggravating their injury.
IMO, the best compromise would be to specify the positions bench players are allowed pay in... do away with the 8th reserve, and go back to a bench of seven... four of which must be forward reserves (two front rowers, a lock and a loose forward), and three must be backs. To limit the chance for teams to cheat with uncontested scrums, adopt the same substitution/replacement laws the French developed and trialed successfully in 2006...
► If a qualified front-row player has to leave the field for injury, blood or as a tactical substitution, their replacement must be a suitably trained and qualified front row player.
► If a qualified front row player has to leave the field for temporary or permanent suspension, they must be replaced with a suitably trained and qualified player at the next scrum, and another player, nominated by the captain, has to leave the field.
► If a side is unable to supply a suitably trained and qualified front row player, they cannot bring on another player, and must play one player short. On their scrum feed, the scrum is uncontested, but on the opposition scrum feed, an Indirect Free Kick is awarded, from which the team cannot kick for goal, but they can kick to touch for a gain in ground from anywhere on the field.
I am not against the idea of the bomb squad per se, other than I think it is against the spirit of the game, but I know a lot of the gin-swilling Old Farts running World Rugby are, and this might force them to do something about the reserves that I do oppose.
Hey @sc99…..you correctly pick on 2 critical areas of contention ie the spirit of the game & the rationale of the idea in relation to the BombSquad. What do we tell Warren Gatlin after his 6-2 split backfired?
My point is there is always an element of risk. (and I’m not writing from for or against here)
On a separate note, who else has watched a U16 boys (like I did) employ BombSquad like tactics in their scrummaging, to your point of rationale.
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He just is all of you far ahead. And when you realised it, it was to late and now you understand why he has won 2 world cups in a row.
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"Dr" Rassie changed rugby within the rules and was willing to take the risk. Elon Musk is also changing space flight forever
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And we demolished the Pumas! BOKKE!
There is nothing shocking here just , intelligent planning
Any of the top 5, 6 teams have enough depth to do it so why don't they do it? Fact of the matter is that these teams basically play each other continuously between world cups and rarely play teams lower down in the ranking where this could be an issue. I don't see the problem. Besides - all teams have 8 reserves who they can use at any given time during the game. And as you said, there is amount of risk involved.
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The Head of Rugby International has now changed the laws as in any sport the teams will study the laws and apply the best solution.
Hi Sir, I can’t tell if you’re for or against….I did note though, part of the changes were safety related….and Clutch is always safety conscious. Hard and Tough but always safe👍
The risk obviously is that you are short if backs go down injured.
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World Rugby still discussing permanently to ban a 7-1 split to be used in WC competition.
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Absolutely bs. Rassie changed rugby for ever! South Africa can make 3 even strong teams with plenty people waiting to enter those teams. A few years ago flower bombs were drop on the field while the Springboks played in New Zealand. New Zealand wanted Alartheid gone. Now Apartheid is gone. This is the result. There is no discrimination in South African rugby and they play for more than just a game, they play for every person in South Africa.
Actually, the squad have failed several times too.
Putting fresh feet on the ground only just scraped through x3 games x 1 point and failed with Ireland Argentina and not a massive dominant killer thing.
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Win some you lose some but they win more than they lose
The GHOST SQAUD will neutralise the so-called Bombsqaud 😂
Are sqauds also squads?
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To say the best coach of all time destroyed rugby is planely just envy and jealousy from has beens who wants to complain about our success just to so they can stay relevant.
Remember how Matt Williams wished "Karma" on the Springboks because of the Bomb Squad? Yep, HE got his Karma, that irritating, jealous chipmunk.
Didnt work to well when they last played MY Ireland ,YES
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Kwagga, he is a bomb squad
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@bosvarkd8403 great choice, he's an absolute machine 💪
'explosivity'??? Explosiveness you chop.
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Great video, enjoyed it, but you really didn't explain the intricacy. You ascribe everything to bomb squad, but that's nonsense. For one glaring example, in WC quarter final against France in their home world cup, we went 5:3 split for the first time in years, and we won through running rugby and typical springbok strength from player one to 23. You can't just call every victory in 6 years bomb squad. It's just a tool we have. The game is far more than that. I do appreciate the video, just needs far deeper analysis and explaining.
Is the voice over an AI voice or is that an actual person?
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We have a BOMB SQUAD, so what?
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All National Rugby teams can use the same strategy. Why all negativity? All National Rugby Teams use the same game plan or strategies. So why all National RugbyTeams don't use a Bomb Squad
Get rid of yawnfest time consuming scrums, therefore the need for gym-monkey props. XIII players/athletes that can last 80mins, unless injured - then replacements come into effect.
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Rugby is a sport for all shapes and sizes, why remove the aspect of the game that the big lads are most effective at ?
@@Dkouts because it's become a time wasting farce. Munster can make a scrum last 7 minutes ffs
If you don't like scrums, go watch rugby league, and the girls that play that.
@User949F62 I don't like Props.
Which position gives away most penalties ?
Which position can't last a full game ?
Which position has the slowest players ?
Which position has the least ball carry yards ?
Which position is substituted most ?
That's right ==== Props. A total waste of space, only there to slow the game down and bore us to death with scrumfests.
As for the "girls" that play rugby league. Bet you don't have the bottle to say that in Yorks/Lancs pub.
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With respect, sir, this is such a superficial analysis of the Bomb Squad, it makes me cringe. Rassie's motivation for the Bomb Squad is not about the shock value. It's about managing player welfare. Tim Noakes, eminent sport scientist, pointed out in the 2000s that Bok coaches were forcing their players into the red zone, time on-the-field, fatigue, the number of hits they had to endure. Player fatigue results in mistakes and injuries. The coaches at the time ignored him. The great Victor Matfield (around 2012?) was called out after he shambled around the field for the last 15 minutes of a game. All he could say was "I'm a professional. I do what I have to do." Rassie took Noakes' lessons to heart. When players have emptied the tank , they need to be replaced. It's the forwards who empty their tanks, so substitutes should be forwards. That evolved into looking at the whole forward squad as an entity. Hence the Bomb Squad because they weren't substitutes but were brought on to continue the game at the same level the starters had performed. This gave them an identity of not just being substitutes but having a purpose. That's the Rassie genius! Of course, Rassie could dip into the incredible depth of talent in SA. So someone like Malcom Marx could have been in an A-team selection. But bring him on when the opponents were all tired, he would shine and he would help win the game. Under Rassie, the bench was not a set of second rate players but equal to the first team. Their purpose was to finish off the game. Now in this past week weekend game against Scotland his A- team came on as the bomb squad so they had to endure less attrition and fatigue. When the Boks travel to Twickenham the A-team can start fresher. Nick Mallet's side in 1998 went to Twickenham about to win a world record of wins and lost to England in their last northern hemisphere game because they were so fatigued. That was how the game was played then. Rassie is so far ahead in thinking about player welfare that Beaumont and rugby pundits. in general. and in the northern hemisphere, in particular, can't even imagine what he's doing. They are buffoons who look at the shape of the car and don't look under the bonnet, look at the engine and, in particular, look at the engine management system. This is what controls the performance of the engine and the car. The Bomb squad revitalised Springbok rugby. Long may the traditionalists not accept this view or try to regulate around it. Sadly, they just don't understand how it improves player welfare and ultimately their performance..
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This is not our Game anymore.. bomb squad is Bull shite..i totally hate it..
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Broke rugby......not. He improved it