George Bower

in that test.

And then George Bower, of course, came on and surprised everybody with how well he played, and deserved his start.

But I think De Groot hopefully fully fit can perform better than what we saw in that first test.

Uh, Cody Taylor, I, I, I wouldn't have been against Jordie Barrett being captain for this team-

Um, don't make excuses because there's no better challenge, and you should be excited.

Great attitude to hear, 'cause I, I think that's the, the feeling that's gonna be coming out of the All Black camp, and, and George Bower has put out to media last week, talked about that as well.

Like, yes, we respect the Springboks scrum and respect Ox and Mark's probably, in terms of a hooker, been able to manipulate, um, angles as better as anyone.

Um, you know, we have to find ways to make sure that we hold them as square as we can.

So, you know, a lot happens after the, the set call and, um, you only have a fraction of a second to, to either adapt or-

His-- Okay.

So on the weekend, I think he got, um, Terrell or, or Geo- George Bower, Geo- Geo, uh, at pancaking first half, penalizing for pancaking.

And I think in the same, a scrum in the second half, um, where our player hinged and their player pancaked, and he rewarded the penalty to the Springboks both times.

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We think Pete's been excellent for us, great impact so we're excited about what he could bring.

Veteran George Bower will again start at prop and he can't wait to see Elmore who is also from the Avalon Rugby Club in Wellington unleashed on the Springboks.

Yeah, my fellow Avalon Wolfe.

Man, he's informed the way he's been working around the field, his explosiveness.

From the moment that Angus Gardner blew his whistle to denote the knock-on and the scrum until the ball was back in play, four minutes and 34 seconds elapsed without any rugby played at all.

First of all, there was a water break for some sort while George Bower got his boots laced up to get ready for the scrum.

Then, when the scrum was getting set, Angus Gardner blew his whistle again.

and spoke to South African hooker Malcolm Marks about what he was doing with his feet.

From that point, from the moment he blew the whistle for the scrum until the ball was back in play, four minutes and thirty-four seconds elapsed without any rugby played at all.

First, there was a water break while George Bower looked like he was lacing his boots back up to get ready for the scrum.

Then when the scrum was getting set, Angus Gardner blew his whistle and spoke to Malcolm Marx, the Springboks hooker, about what he was doing with his feet.

Then as they got set again, he whistled again and called all of the front rowers together for a lecture about playing games.

You know, you know, knuckle down, just work hard and that, that's where you get rewarded.

Guys, look at the All Black team, uh, George Bower, Taylor, Lurmax, Holland, Tupou Vaitae, Parker-

Parker

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