Victor Matfield was outplayed by the Crusaders' Chris Jack last weekend
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Gavin Rich faces facts and looks at the current poor form being shown by leading Springboks on supersport.co.za.
"Okay, so maybe now is the time to start getting worried. Up to now judgement has been reserved on issues such as the form of the Bulls and of some of the top Springboks on the basis that it is a long season and much can change between now and September, when the World Cup starts.
"But it is now no longer February, it is mid-April, and the failure of so many top players who were such a pivotal part of previous Springbok successes, cannot just be glibly ignored as part of a plan geared towards building slowly into the season so that South Africans are at their peak when the World Cup arrives.
"If that was the plan, it hasn’t worked, for the Bulls looked a frustrated group of players against the Crusaders in Timaru, and it cannot be doing any good for the confidence of the so-called world beaters in the team that they are being made to look so rank average."
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