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Kevin Putt: Former Springbok previews the first clash between the All Blacks and Springboks · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Big showdown at Johannesburg this weekend. The All Blacks take
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  Speaker 1: on South Africa at Alice Park three am our time
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  Speaker 1: Sunday morning. Savia back as captain, Roy Guard back at
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  Speaker 1: half back, Ruben Love at number ten, Will Jordan on
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  Speaker 1: the wing, Mackenzie starting at full back. Injury seems to
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  Speaker 1: have been recovered. Kevin part form of Springbok with me
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  Speaker 1: this morning, Kevin, good morning, I'm here right. Oh there
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  Speaker 1: you are? Hey are you excited?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Mouth watering? Absolutely brilliant, spiritual home of South African rugby.
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  Speaker 1: What do you make of this team?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Well, the All Black teams as good as we
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  Speaker 2: can put out. There's still questions, you know, positionally about
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  Speaker 2: whether we're good enough to play a Springbok team with
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  Speaker 2: basically World Cup holders in every position on the field.
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  Speaker 2: But we couldn't do any better. Really buzz for it.
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  Speaker 1: What about Fabian Holland, No.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's he's sort of been spoken about for a
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  Speaker 2: long time as the incumbent coming through. I think that
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  Speaker 2: they're going for someone that can stay on the field
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  Speaker 2: for a decent period of time and that lad's got
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  Speaker 2: a massive engine.
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  Speaker 1: Now the injuries aside, it's going to be a massively
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  Speaker 1: physical game for the All Blacks, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh you've got your bomb squad again. And I know
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  Speaker 2: that becomes a bit of a catchphrase, but you've got
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  Speaker 2: your bomb squad. But you've also got guys like Malcolm
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  Speaker 2: Marx starting who has seen as the best hooker in
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  Speaker 2: the world. So you're talking physicality to a new level.
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  Speaker 2: It'll really come down though, about how the spring Boks play.
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  Speaker 2: If they decide to beat us up rather than just
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  Speaker 2: beat us, it could be a long day at the
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  Speaker 2: office in terms of that physicality and risk to injury.
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  Speaker 1: They don't want to slow the game down. We want
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  Speaker 1: to plant faster. The ref's going to be crucial, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't heat?
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  Speaker 2: Oh they always in South Africa, but yes, yes they are.
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  Speaker 2: The thing that will be our biggest challenge will be
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  Speaker 2: the aerial game, where at altitude the ball stays up
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  Speaker 2: a bit longer, so that everything will be a contest.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be mouth watering, but it will also be nerve wracking.
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  Speaker 2: I would imagine edge of the seat stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin, what is your for the score?
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  Speaker 2: Look on the basis of World Cup medals that are
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  Speaker 2: in it, that've got to go in his favorites the
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  Speaker 2: spring Box for this. But that said, there is no
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  Speaker 2: reason if we can sort of kick on from where
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  Speaker 2: we played Ireland, that magnificent game that we had, we
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  Speaker 2: could definitely challenge just a few areas of midfield and
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  Speaker 2: aerial contests that would be putting this on the back foot.
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  Speaker 2: I would suggest you.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't answer the question, Kevin, who's going to run the box?
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  Speaker 2: The box? I sect?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, good stuff, Kevin part with us former
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