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Kevin Putt: Former Springbok previews the final Greatest Rivalry test between the All Blacks and Springboks · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So the ABs, the Springboks in Baltimore, much friendlier time
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  Speaker 1: for us Sunday, 9am. Kevin, part former Springbok with us
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Kevin, good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Ryan.
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  Speaker 1: Your thought, well, your predictions for this weekend?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, with the injuries we've got, the questions about our
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  Speaker 2: New Zealand depth, I think South Africa, even though not
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  Speaker 2: great travellers, I think they'll get it done.
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  Speaker 1: It was funny listening to Mike Hosking's show yesterday and
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  Speaker 1: we had Geordie Barrett talking about the fact that when
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  Speaker 1: they finished that second test, they all jumped on a
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  Speaker 1: charter flight together four hours after it, sitting across from
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  Speaker 1: one another with the box straight to Baltimore.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's the modern game, isn't it? Now that you
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  Speaker 2: can actually, you know, have a little bit of socialisation
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  Speaker 2: with the opposition and then go out and potentially try
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  Speaker 2: and kill them in about seven days' time.
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  Speaker 1: How do you think Dave Rennie is going to react?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, so two losses back to back. what do
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  Speaker 1: you think the message would have been?
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  Speaker 2: Look, I've got to be honest. I think Dave Rennie
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  Speaker 2: has already, you know, got the tick. He's gone toe-to-toe
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  Speaker 2: with the box, 2-1 down, be it. I think people
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  Speaker 2: can see he's doing his job okay. I think this
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  Speaker 2: is more of a test of New Zealand rugby and
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  Speaker 2: the depth chart, what has happened over the last sort
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  Speaker 2: of four years with their development of young players, and
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  Speaker 2: let's have a look at it, and I think they
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  Speaker 2: may be found wanting.
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  Speaker 1: How much do you think Adi Savia has the... sort
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  Speaker 1: of his leadership, how much of an effect do you
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  Speaker 1: think that has on the side and the psyche?
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  Speaker 2: Massive, Ryan, I really do. He's a talisman, and that's
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  Speaker 2: a physical talisman as well. He leads them right from
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  Speaker 2: the front. We even nearly saw a drop-off in the
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  Speaker 2: last test match when he actually left the field. But
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  Speaker 2: when you combine that now with Tupai in the centre,
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  Speaker 2: which had been before the competition even started... a position
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  Speaker 2: they've been so concerned about, that you combine a lack
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  Speaker 2: of positional nous and then your captain as well, it's
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  Speaker 2: got to be a bit of a concern. Obviously, they
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  Speaker 2: will not talk about it. Geordie Barrett, I'm sure, will
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  Speaker 2: step up to the plate, but it's got to be
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  Speaker 2: a concern.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Park, former Springbok, always good to chat.