Jason Pine: The All Blacks must use last night as fuel

First things first, congratulations to South Africa. What a performance - and in particular, the second half was as good a 40 minutes as I can remember from any team on our shores, maybe ever.

They were on another level, and the All Blacks simply had no answers.

We all know that sometimes you just get beaten by a better team. That happens. And no team in the world would have lived with the Springboks last night.

But the major concern was the manner of the defeat, it was a second half capitulation and there's no other way to describe it. 36 unanswered points.

The word capitulation doesn't belong in the same sentence as the All Blacks. Sometimes, another team just has a worldie, and that's what the Springboks did after half-time - but the base level required by the black jersey is that you play until the end.

And as the points mounted, it looked very much from the sideline as though some of the men in black gave up. Like they just wanted to get down the tunnel and out of there.

We're constantly told by those in the All Blacks environment that the black jersey demands excellence, and that's what the legacy of this team is built on.

Care for the jersey, awareness of its history, a desire to enhance it while you're in possession of it.

Very few players enhanced the jersey last night.

If we're looking for a shred of consolation from this, we can perhaps get it from what happened at Albany in 2017. The All Blacks beat South Africa 57-0 that night.

Two years later, South Africa were world champions, and four years after that they were world champions again

The All Blacks simply must use last night as fuel. Those guys have to remember what last night felt like and allow that to drive them on and to make sure they never, ever, ever have that feeling again.

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Thing's first, congratulations to South Africa. Wat a performance and
in particular the second half as good as forty minutes
as I can remember from any team on our shores.
Maybe ever they were on another level and the All
Blacks simply had no answers. And we all know that
sometimes you just get beaten by a better team, right,
that happens, and no team in the world would have
lived with the spring Box last night. But the major

(00:36):
concern was the manner of the defeat. It was a
second half capitulation. There is no other way to describe it.
Thirty six unanswered points. Now, the word capitulation does not
be long in the same sentence as the All Blacks.
As I say, sometimes another team just as a worldie,

(00:57):
and that's what the Springbox did after halftime. But but
the base level required by the Black jersey is that
you play until the end. And as the points mounted
last night, it looked very much to me from the
sideline as though some of the men in Black had
given up, like they just wanted to get down the
tunnel and get out of there. We are constantly told

(01:18):
by those in the All Blacks environment that the Black
jersey demands excellence, and that's what the legacy of this
team is built on. Care for the jersey, awareness of
its history, a desire to enhance it while you are
in possession of it. Very few players enhanced that jersey
last night. If we're looking for a shred of consolation

(01:40):
from this, we can perhaps get it from what happened
at Albany in twenty seventeen. The All Blacks beat South
Africa fifty seven nil that night. Two years later, South
Africa were World champions, and four years after that they
were world champions again. The All Blacks simply must use
last night as fuel. Those guys have to remember what
last night felt like and allow it to drive them

(02:02):
on to make sure that they never ever, ever, ever
have that feel again.

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