The Boks' director stepped in for under-fire flyhalf Manie Libbok, saying he was 'playing brilliant flyhalf rugby.'
Handre Pollard is set to feature against Tonga in the Springboks’ final pool game at the World Cup. Picture: Steve Haag/Gallo Images
“A good team like Ireland, New Zealand or France are going to keep you out – like we did to Ireland – so converting chances is not easy. They scored one try and we scored one try; it was clear that our problem was that we didn’t convert our goal kicks.” “He can’t just come onto the field to kick goals, he must also be able to sidestep, hand-off, make tackles, clean out at the ruck and that’s obviously not the case now because he has only had a full week’s training with us.
“Manie is definitely playing brilliant flyhalf rugby at this stage but obviously his goalkicking isn’t matching that,” said Erasmus.
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