SA Rugby's director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says they have not been taken in by the outside noise about England being a bad team.
SA Rugby’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says they have not been taken in by the outside noise about England being a bad team. Photo: SA Rugby websiteSA Rugby’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says they have not been taken in by the outside noise about England being a bad team. Photo: SA Rugby websiteThe 50-year-old, who coached the Springboks to 2019 World Cup glory with a 32-12 thumping of England, added that unlike them England had won all their matches thus far.
“We know from the Premiership, a lot of our players play against them and we know Borthwick is an excellent coach which he showed at Leicester and as a captain and a player for England. “You can know how close this game – if you just look at stats and I know stats don’t always tell the whole picture.”Erasmus said he had been taken aback by how open all four quarter-finals were, but believes the semis will see a return to more traditional hard fought rugby.“But I guess when we go into semi-finals, again defence, scrum, mauls, tactical kicking.
The first was a year-long-ban in 2021 and then having just returned from that suspension he was banned again in November last year for criticising the refereeing in the Springboks’ ferocious Test match with the French which they lost 30-26.“To try and score tries through more open, fluent, running rugby.
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