Rugby: Why Kitch Christie worked - and Ian Mac didn't!

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In the latest of our new series in conjunction with Front Row Rugby, Peter Stemmet chats to former Springbok Hennie le Roux. Hennie played under three different coaches and talks about how these coaches differed from each other. They also discuss the euphoria of winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the dissapointing end to his Springbok career.
Watch this fascinating interview with a legend of the game!
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00:00 Welcome to Front Row Rugby!
00:17 This week’s trivia question
00:37 Tell us about your test debut in 1993
01:06 How difficult was it to prepare for a test in those days?
02:04 You lost place after the French series
02:33 You played a starring role against England in 1994
03:51 Tell us about the New Zealand tour in 1994
04:56 Do you think the Boks could have won that series?
05:41 You had to switch to centre ahead of the World Cup
07:51 How emotional was the opening match against Australia?
09:01 What made the Romanians so difficult to play against?
10:36 Awful conditions in the semi-final against France!
11:33 How confident were the team before the final?
13:04 Did it feel like the Boks were in control of the final?
14:45 How did it feel when the final whistle blew?
15:58 How did the three coaches you played under, differ?
18:56 What was your reaction to Francois Pienaar being dropped?
20:29 Do you agree you should have perhaps just accepted it?
22:16 Were you disappointed with how your test career ended?
24:24 Who was your toughest opponent?
25:43 Any particularly funny moment you can share?
27:10 What are you up to these days?
27:34 Let’s look at the trivia question again!
28:11 Thank you for chatting to us!
Rugby: Why Kitch Christie worked - and Ian Mac didn't!
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@bunnychowmuncher 4 ай бұрын

Hennie has aged well. Looks very young for his age

@user-nm1nq7dz7c 4 ай бұрын

A big clique of influential players rejected Mac and wanted Kitch, undermining Mac.

@rudivanaarde8952 4 ай бұрын

one of the greats of transvaal rugby. Thanks gents

@user-pc2lq9sv2s 4 ай бұрын

There wasn't much said about your headline, Christie vs Mac, it was mentioned that Christie had a personal approach with the players, but have heard that he was either Mr or Coach whereas Mac was Mac. Rugby at that time was Luyt, Transvaal and the majority Transvaal players in the Springbok team were reluctant to buy into Mac's plan. If you check his record the losses were marginal. Possibly the structures and the players didn't give him a fair shake.

@eisbeinGermany 3 ай бұрын

yes luyt controlled rugby at that time

@Fres-no 4 ай бұрын

Great!

@dawiebarnard7023 4 ай бұрын

Lyon

@dontwaddle6782 4 ай бұрын

What do you say Mark Andrew's??

@bunnychowmuncher 4 ай бұрын

Different people will have different opinions and the backs and forwards may have had different experiences. Back then Provincialism was also very rife and we all supported our own way more than we would today. So its no surprise Mark and Hennie backed their own Provincial coaches. Hennie moved from 10 to 12 and Mark moved from 5 to 8 which was a lot more challenging.

@larrymeyer2917 4 ай бұрын

Very careful with his comments but I’ll say it as I saw it. Connected frigging idiots chosen as Coaches. You have talent to work with, don’t try teach them the game, work with the strengths you have and implement strategy with buy-in from the players. That’s what makes Rassie such a successful Bok leader. And the provincial favouring displays lack of knowledge and normally leaves you failed results. As indicated by Hennie, its combinations or a lot of practice to combine well. Those same idiots that were threatened by the player association show how poor they are at leadership, bullies in management are a Verkarmte old plass mentality. Great leaders never treat the most valuable part of the business, the players poorly or are jealous that a player is paid better than the admin. Poor coaches, Karel, Strualli, Markgraff and you wonder why we lost so many games, even Mallett threw the respect he built to the wind when he became bigger than the game and took the team leader Teich out of the RWC 1999. Took a long time to kick the Boetiebond out of SA sport but when you look at the current squad, I cannot offer 1 player who does not belong there and the team keeps winning.