Watson skrik nie vir Kiwis nie
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SKRIK VIR NIKS: England's Anthony Watson. Picture: Christophe Ena/AP. SKRIK VIR NIKS: England's Anthony Watson. Picture: Christophe Ena/AP.
England wing Anthony Watson skrik nie vir die All Blacks nie en wil weet watse aura het hulle?
The 25-year-old further believes England has what it takes to knock out the world champions in their World Cup semifinal match on Saturday.
Watson tells the Daily Mail: “I was never too fazed by the whole mystique of the All Blacks.
“I respect the prolonged success they’ve had as a team, but the whole aura that surrounds them and the invincible stuff - I never bought into that.
“They are rugby players and we’re rugby players. We work very hard and they work very hard.
CONFIDENT: Eddie Jones is confident in his team's capabilities. Picture: Christophe Ena/AP.
“They are definitely beatable. They are humans at the end of the day. There’ll be 23 of them and 23 of us on Saturday.
“They’re human beings and rugby players just like us. So we’ve just got to do what we can do and play our best rugby.”
Watson is convinced that his mental approach to the clash is the right way to go and adds: “I think the mental part of the game is definitely massive.
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“We won’t let the occasion dictate anything to us.
“I thought we did that very well last weekend [in the quarterfinal win over Australia], managed by our leaders like Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and Mako Vunipola.
“Guys like that were on it all week and it will be the same again this week.”