Malcolm Marx

“The Bomb squad is quite exciting, I mean you got a couple of players coming on wanting to make an impact and change the game for the better. It doesn’t always change the game the way we want to,”

“It’s a lot bigger than us and we know that. We know what rugby does for our country. So doing it to the best of our ability and bringing joy to the people back home, is a big thing for us”

“Obviously playing for South Africa it’s a different scenario. You are still representing your country whether you are in the No 2 or No 16 jersey”

“Every player wants to start, as a rugby player you want to give your best and be the best to get yourself in that No 2 jersey,”

“At times you want to laugh, but there is always a method behind the madness. When you see it come off, then you say ‘okay, I see why this worked’.”

“A move like that isn’t generated by one person, everybody needs to buy into it and hopefully it works.”

“It’s more a group thing. Obviously Rassie has his plans and stuff, but if a player or a coach comes with an idea … it’s not just a decision done by one person, it’s a collective decision”

“I’m just going to stick at two, I don’t think they want to put me lock or loose forward; it’s not going to benefit them in any way.”

“It’s never really been a discussion [to play flank], obviously, you got your more dynamic guys like Kwagga Smith and Pieter-Steph du Toit that can cover wing and that, but I’ve never really been part of the conversation in moving from two to a loose forward or to the backs at all which I’m actually thankful about. The amount of running those backs do is actually eye-opening”

“He’s a great coach and the way he thinks about the game, especially attack-wise is awesome”

“He is giving the guys a lot more opportunity to express themselves, not that we didn’t have that in the past, Felix Jones was also a great attack coach, obviously, he coaches differently from the way Tony does.”

“It’s obviously brought a different dynamic to how we attack but also thinking outside the box with certain things and giving guys that opportunity to use their circus act – if I can put it that way. It’s been awesome to see how it’s evolved.”