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What The Springboks Learnt From Six Nations Week One

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France are off to a fabulous start at this year's Six Nations Championship. Italy started beautiful win over Scotland in rough Roman conditions. But the one the Springboks were watching closely was England's win over Wales at Twickenham.

In this episode Peter examines what the English did well and explains why it is difficult to give a proper appraisal at this stage as we prepare to face the poms first up this coming July. Peter also comments briefly on the Italian and French triumphs.

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9 Feb English South Africa Rugby · Sports

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