{"id":661008,"date":"2025-12-29T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/661008\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:46:11","slug":"eddie-jones-reveals-essence-of-springboks-and-why-he-met-up-with-one-of-their-biggest-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/661008\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Jones reveals ‘essence’ of Springboks and why he met up with one of their biggest stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Jones has revealed that he met up with double Rugby World Cup winner Jesse Kriel following the Springboks\u2019 victory over Japan in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking about the occasion on the YouTube show, Rugby Unity<\/a>, the Japan head coach explained the reasoning behind the meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was lucky enough to be coached by Bob Dwyer, and he always said to me, \u2018The best players are the best coaches.\u2019 So he said, \u2018When you start coaching, one of the things you\u2019ve got to do, mate, is go out and meet the best players all the time.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew Jesse Kriel, but we never really spoke. After South Africa<\/a>, I said, \u2018Let\u2019s catch up when you\u2019re back, mate\u2019. So we organised over coffee and spent two hours just talking about what South Africa are doing. Not in any detail, but along the lines of what they\u2019re doing well. He asked me a few questions about what we\u2019re doing; it was just a really good chat about rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Springboks mentality<\/p>\n

To have won two World Cups is no simple feat, but following the two-hour chat, Jones<\/a> put the key factor down to mentality. \u201cHe is one of those guys who come here (to Japan), and he gives it absolutely 100%. He plays every Test like he\u2019s playing for the Springboks, and it\u2019s great to see those blokes.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think about his World Cup record; 2015, he was in that Springbok side that got beaten by Japan. He\u2019s won the next two World Cups, and you can see he\u2019s just doing everything he can to be the best player he can be for the next World Cup. There\u2019s no idea about going there and just going to the World Cup; it\u2019s about getting to the World Cup and winning.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s the essence of what I picked up about the Springboks. At the moment, everything they do is about winning, and they know what they\u2019re good at, they know what areas they can potentially improve in, and they\u2019re safe, focused and diligent about it. And it\u2019s when you get a team really humming that you hear that from the players. It\u2019s a really good sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

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