Tony Brown's attacking tweaks could make Springboks an unstoppable force

The attacking structure of Tony Brown was written all over South Africa's defeat of Ireland.

In the last two World Cups, South Africa have been dangerous with their possession. However, their tactics were very different. They had a heavy focus on their attack transition, sparking fast counter attacks when they won turnovers and forcing discomfort in the opposition by contesting heavily from kicks in the air, and breaking off the scraps that they won back.

South African rugby is full of pace, power and technical skills. Their club teams tend to show more of their attacking flair than the national team, however, under Brown we have seen glimpses of how he's going to exploit their attacking skills on the bigger stage.

While it looks like their attacking structure is now very different, they’re simply using different options within a similar enough setup.

In modern rugby, there’s a lot of talk about the attacking structure and how many forwards are in each pod. Teams are using two pods in the middle of the field, normally two pods of three forwards or one pod of three and variations in the second pod.

This will have an effect on how they play the game and how many forwards they leave in the wider channels to find mismatches with backs, while looking after their wide breakdown.

It can be very difficult at times to see the full extent of these attacking pods when watching on television and some of the professional teams use multiple different structures.

Australia scored an excellent try from Filipo Daugunu on Saturday morning by using two pods of three forwards in the middle of the pitch. As we often see in Ireland’s gameplan, Australia played through their first forward pod, they threw a deeper pass to a back, who then threw a deep