The Captain’s Team Talk
Three hours of analysis, 147 slides and one captain who only needs a few words.
StarringSiyaRassieThe Coaching Staff
Panel 1. Tuesday. Analysis session, hour three.
- Attack Coach: And that concludes lineout option forty-one. Of ninety.
Panel 2. - Siya: Guys. We know who we play for. Let’s go and enjoy it.
Panel 3. - Rassie: Delete slides two to one hundred and forty-seven.
- Attack Coach: …All of them?
- Rassie: Keep slide one. It has the bus time.
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Panel 1
In a dim team room the Attack Coach points at a projector screen crowded with arrows and circles while rows of players look glazed and the other coaches stand at the back.
Caption: Tuesday. Analysis session, hour three.
Attack Coach: And that concludes lineout option forty-one. Of ninety.
Panel 2
Siya stands up at the front of the room and speaks calmly, and every player sits up and leans forward.
Siya: Guys. We know who we play for. Let’s go and enjoy it.
Panel 3
Players stride out of the room behind Rassie, who turns calmly to the Attack Coach holding his tablet.
Rassie: Delete slides two to one hundred and forty-seven.
Attack Coach: …All of them?
Rassie: Keep slide one. It has the bus time.
