Rassie says SA cutting edge vital between the World Cups

Ashfak Mohamed ashfak.mohamed@inl.co.za

SOMETIMES in rugby, you hear of the ‘high risk, high reward’ approach where teams chance their arms on attack or defence, and either pull it off or end up with egg on their faces. For the Springboks over the last two World Cups, their high risk, high reward mindset paid off in the shape of two consecutive Webb Ellis Cups in 2019 and 2023. And that didn’t have anything to do with a ruck or snazzy backline move, but rather testing out players in different scenarios in order to peak at the World Cup. When Rassie Erasmus took over as Springbok coach in 2018, he had about 18 months to prepare for Japan 2019. With his defence lieutenant Jacques Nienaber in tow, they implemented a new defence system, following the…

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