As big as Saturday’s Springbok victory at Loftus Versfeld was for Rassie Erasmus and his team, they know that Ireland will want to bounce back strongly and will come at them hard in Durban this coming weekend.
The Bok victory sets up a perfect finale to the opening part of the international season, with Ireland a bit aggrieved at some of the marginal calls that went the Springboks’ way, while the Boks will feel they left a number of tries out on the park as they move to a more expansive game plan under assistant coach Tony Brown.
The Boks' evolution to a more attacking brand of rugby was evident in their play, but the need to tighten up and the clinical factor wasn’t always there, and it almost cost them on the night, especially as Ireland came back at them hard and were within touching range at the end.“Overall, everyone knew this was going to be a difficult game, the last three games there was three points between the two sides.
“I hope you can see we’re trying to develop our attacking game with the foundation that Felix laid. With Tony we’re trying to step up a little in certain areas and with that comes mistakes and lack of cohesion,” Erasmus said. “Just like tonight, never give up. They will try to come out more dominant. I don’t know if their bench will be the same, but the guys who came on - when Ringrose came on, he was a bit more challenging in one-on-one situations. That’s not saying Bundee and Henshaw aren’t great players, they run over you.
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