Will Boks bounce back?

Obvious question has to be whether or not the Boks can bounce back after the recent loss to the All Blacks at Newlands.

It is obviously a big ask after having the stuffing kicked out of you in front of the home ground and even more difficult when you've been whipped in areas you thought you should be strong.

Lets try and make an assessment:

- Both kickers couldn't hit target and the third New Zealand try was a gift and wouldn't normally have been on offer anyway
- Habana skimmed the line when he danced over for the disallowed Bok try
- Passes that went to hand for the All Blacks didn't stick for us...

Shit happens and we were poor at that last pass.

That doesn't mean we were not competitive.

We had a couple of nice line breaks and we had them working hard to defend. But the openness of the game plan played right into their hands.

Devilliers needs to stay cool, calm and collected now. Wholesale changes are going to create uncertainty.

Instead he needs to keep the nucleus of his squad together and he has to impress on Butch James that he needs to dictate the pace of the next game.

If James gets hard and clever and he can get the backline moving then we've got a game on.

I think the PACE of the next game is going to be important. We can't play at the pace the opposition want us to compete at. Instead we need to define when we attack and when we defend - if we keep hurtling around at a mad tempo and playing end to end kind of rugby, we move away from our strengths.

Don't despair Bok fans, I reckon we're bouncing back.