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Former Springboks captain Victor Matfield insists South Africa must adopt similar structures to the All Blacks in order to compete at the top of world rugby.Having played the majority of his career with the Bulls, with stints at Toulon and Northampton Saints in the Northern Hemisphere, Matfield believes the knowledge lost from departed players has been to the detriment of player development in South Africa.South Africa allowing players to play overseas and picking them for the Springboks is very good for the players but thats where New Zealand got it right, Matfield told Stuff.co.nz. By keeping your senior players in the country they give all that knowledge back to the youngsters and have a big influence in Super Rugby. That creates a healthy environment.You see New Zealand with Richie McCaw, Dan Carter or Kieran Read now what they give to the younger players is invaluable. Seeing how they train and how they approach each week that is the kind of thing you want to carry on; to see the values and what it means.Of last Saturdays starting 15 that defeated Australia, Bryan Habana, Francois Hougaard, Morné Steyn, Francois Louw and Vincent Koch are all based in the Northern Hemisphere. Matfield believes the fact they are not based in South Africa is contributing to the poor run of international and Super Rugby teams.Were not competing because we dont have our best players in the country in Super Rugby and that makes everything tougher.Its difficult. Its not for me to say how they should create that policy but I think its one thing that could definitely help our cause.Matfield recalled former New Zealand coach John Mitchell being at a meeting with all the Kiwi Super Rugby coaches where they decided which direction they wanted to go. Its not how it plays out in South Africa as they prepare to face the All Blacks this weekend.Thats not happening in South Africa. 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That is a privilege that people dream about, that I dreamed about, and I took the fun out of that.Thats my biggest regret in the first four games is I had so much love for this position, love for this team, that I took on a lot more than I ever should, which put a lot of pressure on my back, and thats something that Im going to have to remove and go back to just doing what I love and having a good time.When Im doing that, thats when were playing our best ball as a team. And I believe that our whole team is buying into that understanding and buying into that idea. And practice [Tuesday] was a blast. It was a good time to go out there and play football, to play free and have a good time. And todays practice will be the same. Saturday will be the same. And there will be a W on that column when we go out there and we play the way we know how to.Kizer agreed with coach Brian Kellys assessment earlier in the week that the quarterbacks play has been substandard. Kizer, a redshirt sophomore, has completed better than 62 percent of his passes for 1,096 yards with 11 touchdowns and three interceptions, to go with 186 rushing yards and five touchdowns. He said his biggest personal room for improvement is in needing to play looser.At the quarterback position you naturally take on an extra dose of leadership, an extra dose of trying to take on everything that a coach should be taking on, Kizer said. You go and you idolize guys like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady and all the best who have ever done it and you see how they approach the media, you see how they approach the game, you see how they approach their team.And theyre professionals. They get paid to do that. Theyre in completely different positions than I am. And therefore, they take on a little more responsibility than I do.dddddddddddd But me being the kid that I am, I wanted to be like them. I wanted to come up here and talk to you guys as if I was the head coach of this team.But Im just the quarterback. All I gotta do is go out and do whatever the guys upstairs are telling me to do and thats it. If Coach Kelly asked me to come do media, I do media. If Coach Kelly asks me to go throw a touchdown, I need to go out there and rip the ball and throw a touchdown. I dont need to do any more than that, and I think that was my biggest flaw in the beginning of the season is taking on too much. I just need to go out and play and have fun, challenge myself each day and just try to get better.Kizer added that fellow quarterback Montgomery VanGorder is his best friend at Notre Dame and that VanGorder has handled the past three days well after the program fired his father, Brian VanGorder, as defensive coordinator on Sunday.Senior linebacker and captain James Onwualu said he spoke with Brian VanGorder after the firing and thanked him for the opportunity to play for him. Onwualu had been a receiver as a freshman before moving to the defensive side of the ball when VanGorder came aboard in 2014.Everybody was talking about it -- even our student section seemed to have a strong stance on that, Onwualu said of the staff shakeup, which saw analyst Greg Hudson get promoted to defensive coordinator. It was shocking to me. Obviously, this is the only defensive experience Ive ever had. Hes really all I knew defensively. So its difficult for some older guys, you know, and me included to put that aside and just take the next step into something new.Ill continue my relationship with Coach VanGorder and possibly still learn things from him, but Im on to the next step and excited for Coach Hudson to get us rolling.Notre Dame plays 2-2 Syracuse on Saturday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ' ' '