While hailing the match-winning Handre Pollard, MARK KEOHANE says the Bok brains trust has played their 'get out of jail' card in the semi-final victory over England.
says the Springbok brains trust has played their ‘get out of jail’ card in the semi-final victory over England.
Keohane believes a better team would have had a stronger lead on the defending champions, given England’s dominance from playing a traditional Springbok gameplan. Jacques Nienaber named an unchanged lineup from that side that claimed a one-point win against the tournament hosts in the quarter-finals. However, it took just 30 minutes for Pollard to be called on from the bench for Manie Libbok, while by the 50th minute, nearly the entire bench was emptied – bar tighthead prop Vincent Koch.
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