Bryan Habana: in need of some form of break

If body laguage could talk

Bryan Habana, by his own lofty standards has been having a shocker of a 2010 international season to say the least. It has been so bad in fact, that the “quick to forget the good of the past”, South African public are calling for his head.

As the old saying goes, form is temporary, class is permanent. We all know what Habana has done for the Springboks, and that over the last 5 or 6 years, he has pretty much selected himself.

That being said though, Habana is in such bad form at the moment, that I tend to agree with the call for him to be dropped.

I don’t, however, for a second believe he is finished. He will go down as one of the greatest ever Springbok wings. But if for nothing else, at least let it serve as a wake up.

Let it put him in a situation where he needs to test, for himself, if he still has the hunger for the Green and Gold.

Habana clearly isn’t in a good place right now. His body language says it all. Whether he is putting too much pressure on himself to break the Springbok try scoring record, or whether he just needs some time out of the game, something needs to be done.

Prof. Tim Noakes, who helped the Springboks to the 2007 IRB World Cup win in 2007, called for Habana to be rested for the 2009 end of year tour, sighting that he had already played too much rugby throughout the year.

This year has been no different for Habana. He played a big role in the Stormers successful Super14 campaign, and has been part of the Springbok setup all year.

We all saw what happened when Drew Mitchel was left out of the initial Wallaby Tri Nations squad, and told to go play some club rugby. He had a cracker, got his confidence up, forced his way back into the national squad, and is running the opposition ragged these days.

Maybe it’s time for Bryan to get a break, and for PDV go chat to the WP coaching staff and have Habana released to play a game or two for UCT/Hammies/False Bay et al.

Further to the two shocking tries he gifted the Wallabies on Saturday, Habana made zero tackles and missed one.

Let him take the pressure off, and get his confidence back up. Any way you look at it, the wolves are waiting in the wings (excuse the pun), and with talented newbies like Gio Aplon and Bjorn Basson showing the hunger that’s required, Habana doesn’t have a lot of time to sort his act out.

Bryan Habana: out of form against the Wallabies:

What do you think Habana needs to do to get back on top?

Comments

Pire

Habana needs to stop thinking so much and just play the game. Every time he makes a mistake, it sits in his head the rest of the match and then he constantly tries to make amends. This causes some delays in his brain when faced with other situations on the field and therefore he seems to get worse and worse.
I dont think a break will sort this problem, cause then he will think to much again and when he makes a comeback he will just be the same, if not worse.

Thats the problem with experience. The more you play, the more scenarios you are faced with over the years. I think that in the end you are faced with a situation and over the years you’ve learnt how to deal with them. Now you sit with too many options in your head.
The boks should stick to the basics. When someone kicks, catch the ball, then decide if you kick back or pass or run.
Habana seems to think ahead, before he has secured the ball.
He also needs to learn how to adapt. He plays the same game as in the past, and the other teams knows exactly how he plays, thats why its so easy for them to play against him these days, cause there is nothing new that he has to offer.
Michael

Habana was the best but in this Tri nations i don’t know what had happened to him. I think team do not supply him with ball and i think no the teams need to supply him with ball. Therefore him could score a try. For example last year, Habana was playing for Barbarians , he scored 3 tries in one game. it was because he was supplied with the ball and scored some by himself. i think for him to take a break will not help him but what will help him is just focus on the game and forget about any mistake if he may have done any.

Habana defends the ball a lot of time. James (Wallabies wing) gave him a pressure and he was not ready the ball and didn’t thought of knocking on the ball.

Bryan Habana is the greatest. if he don’t play this Saturday match against Wallabies.

Please let him play. He is my hero and true fan of him. i alway watch springboks matches because he is playing and maybe his fans will not show up to that match. therefore he may have a lot of fans, so they may not show up to watch it.
He may have some plans.
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