The 23-year old Stormers scrumhalf was thrown into the deep end in the absence of Faf de Klerk and repaid Erasmus' faith in him by delivering a brace of tries that helped the Boks start the Rugby Championship on a winning note at Ellis Park.
“Take where he was last year in Super Rugby‚ his service‚ spot kicks and technical things like defence and attack‚ they were awesome in this level of the game."But the opposition will just get tougher and tougher in the coming weeks and at the Rugby World Cup.Jantjies was replaced by Cobus Reinach of Northampton in England after 65 minutes and Erasmus said he was happy with the depth in the team as he still has De Klerk‚ Embrose Papier and Ivan van Zyl.
“Things can change quickly in rugby with injuries‚ loss of form and those kinds of things but as we sit here we are happy‚" he said."If you take Embrose Papier against Scotland and Ivan against England‚ we had to try a few things to see who are the guys who fit in‚ who can adapt and the way we want to play.
“We had to try new things to get us where we are today in terms of depth and not performance. I think we can say at nine we know who is available and who can do what."We know who we have and it is a matter of consolidating when we hit the World Cup .”
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