The defending champion Springboks have pushed rugby’s boundaries a little again with a left-field team selection to play Romania at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.
For all their invention over the last five years — and there has been quite a bit — playing all four scrumhalves in their squad in the same game seemed unlikely. Four scrumhalves in the squad even seemed too many. Yet here we are.
While the Springboks have been accused of maybe disrespecting Romania a little with the selection for their second Pool B game, there is a bigger plan behind it. De Klerk has played flyhalf briefly at club level and his versatility to slip in there as backup to Damian Willemse against Romania means starting No. 10 Manie Libbok gets to put his feet up all weekend ahead of Ireland.
In the series against the British and Irish Lions in 2021, Erasmus reinvented himself as a water carrier for games, passing messages to players in breaks and ultimately prompting governing body World Rugby toPerhaps their most lasting legacy has been the six forwards, two backs split on the bench which was frowned upon when the Springboks used it to batter their way to Rugby World Cup triumph four years ago.Romania will start with a — guess what? — 6-2 split against South Africa on Sunday.
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