How did the Springboks win the Rugby Worldcup Final?

Ian Bessarabia
Nov 3 · 3 min read

In hindsight, everyone is an expert. And I consider myself as guilty as the rest of my die-hard fellow South African sports fans.

So with great excitement and trepidation, I kitted up with my green and gold, procured the best Biltong Johannesburg has to offer (its part of the man code secret, but if you private message me I may give you the details of the esteemed establishment), ensured the craft beer from the fairest Cape was chilling at the right temperature and gave strict instructions to the family that for the next 80 minutes, no utterances would be tolerated nor cell phone messages or ringtones.

The stage was set for what many had tagged as the Third Boer War. A titanic battle between North and South — referencing hemispheres.

The Springboks and England were set to face each other in Japan, a country that had demonstrated to the world how to host a Rugby World Cup.

STOP!!!

© Getty Images South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus

This is not what this article is about. This is not about the outcome or the final match that decides the single match that decides the winner.

This is about the process that led to the Springboks success.

In today's fast-paced digital world, identified by our need for instant gratification and exponential returns, the concept of trusted reliable processes are frowned upon as processes are viewed as archaic and in some circles deemed unnecessary.

However, investing time in developing a process which is trusted in, allows us to accept and learn to live with the outcomes.

Otherwise put, learning to work at changing the inputs so that the next time, the process delivers the desired outcome.

So how does this refer to the topic of Rugby and how the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup.

Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus has always been obsessed with the technical stuff. Instead of focusing on, “how did the Springboks do?” Rassie worked from the premise of, “did the system do what it’s supposed to do?”

Consistency and Performance outweigh winning when it comes to perfecting. a process. Yes, winning games is critically important, however, without consistency one cannot be chasing one, two and three in the world rankings.

There was one stand out observation from the final. Not one South African fan criticised the ref because they didn’t like a call against our team.

Why, because Rassie had a process which he perfected. And that is why the Springboks are the Rugby World Cup Champions. Not just because the won the game.

What are you doing in your life and business to ensure you are focusing on the process and not only the outcome? Think about it.

In case you missed it here is the link to my segment with Howard Feldman on the Morning Mayhem on 101.9 Chaifm https://www.chaifm.com/podcast-player/462173/2019-11-05-feature-ian-bass-the-future-of-work.mp3

South Africa were convincing winners against England By Press Association 2019

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