Playing pretty rugby has never been high on the Springboks’ agenda. Especially when it comes to the business of winning a Rugby World Cup in tense knockout games.
South Africa’s Cheslin Kolbe races to score his side’s third try during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. South Africa’s Kurt-Lee Arendse, right, is confronted by France’s Gael Fickou during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
The Springboks ground to the 2019 title with a massive focus on scrummaging, lineout mauls and tactical kicking. The South African brains trust of Erasmus and Nienaber concluded that was 2019 rugby and few teams wouldn’t know what South Africa would bring. How to stay a step ahead has largely revolved around putting faith in playmaking flyhalf Manie Libbok to release a backline with razor-sharp wings in Cheslin Kolbe and Kurt-Lee Arendse a little more often.
Erasmus said the change came a year ago when South Africa lost 30-26 to France in an epic physical battle. France worked out the Springboks, but Erasmus also said they found referees were finding it much harder to officiate the Boks’ constant “close-contact work.”
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