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Hy het egter al die lof aan sy spelers gegee vir hul uitstaande vertonings oor die naweek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit is werklik bemoedigend om te sien hoe die spelers hierdie oorwinning geniet,\u201d het Snyman ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHulle is die ware kampioene van hierdie naweek en dra hul spel op aan elke spanlid wat nie vanaand by ons op die veld kon aansluit nie. Ons is verheug oor die oorwinning, \u2019n bewys van die span se geweldige poging, en ek is uiters trots op hul spel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snyman het opgemerk dat die Blitsbokke n\u00e1 die vorige naweek se toernooi in Dubai twee sleutelareas vir verbetering uitgewys het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns doel was om verdedigingsdruk te verskerp en omsetbal te benut, om vinnige aflewering aan ons spelmakers op die flanke te verseker,\u201d het hy verduidelik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns benadering was presies; [ons] het slegs twee drie\u00eb op die openingsdag afgestaan en ons het op die tweede dag \u2019n rat opgeskuif. 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