It’s time for Elrigh Louw to grab his chance for the Springboks and make his mark. And no, Evan Roos has not been thrown away, and will be back in the national side before long.
It’s time for Elrigh Louw to grab his chance for the Springboks and make his mark.That’s the message from coach Rassie Erasmus as he prepares to leave for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship along with the squad for their opening two games against Australia in Brisbane and Perth.
“Elrigh - we certainly want to experience him against big nations because he was part of our plans always, but he certainly did take a dip in form, and he will admit it himself. We know what Evan can do, and Evan is not thrown away - we still have nine test matches away. The Boks have given Roos a chance against Wales and Portugal, with Kwagga Smith facing Ireland in two tests and Louw likely to start against Australia.
“On attack we have a different attack coach. If it was something like that when Felix was the attack coach, it is certainly not something with Tony Brown. It is purely that he has six or seven caps now and Elrigh has a bit less and we are trying to get more caps across the squad. We know what he can do and we have no problem with what he did for us but it is time to give Elrigh also a chance against top tier nations and see what he can do.
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