Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi says the Boks are targeting an improved performance in the scrum when they battle it out against Ireland in the second Test of the Incoming Series at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday evening.
In the opening Test win in Pretoria over the past weekend the Boks produced a mixed bag at scrum time, with them seeming to struggle to gain ascendancy during the first half and at the start of the second, before the Bomb Squad earned a brilliant penalty try from a scrum late in the game.
Spoiling tacticsMbonambi claimed that Ireland did a good job of spoiling the scrums, which allowed them to stop the Boks dominance at the set piece and that they would learn from that ahead of the coming match, while he also sympathised with the injury suffered by his opposite number Dan Sheehan.
When it comes to the scrums we had quite a good chat yesterday (Monday) with Daan (Human, scrum coach) and the whole pack. We know that in the first half we got a bit frustrated because Ireland were spoiling the scrums, where we just wanted a fair contest, explained Mbonambi.
Thats something that we definitely have to learn and train this week so that we can learn our lessons from that game. The bomb squad did an amazing job after they came on and that penalty try was extremely satisfying for everyone. But there is still a lot improvements to be done.
