He has assembled the same players that did duty against Italy‚ which is considered his best 23‚ for Sunday’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against Japan.
Japan‚ however are slightly different. Instead of pummeling them the Boks will try and suffocate a team that gloriously exploit space. The Springboks figure the wider the physical dimensions of the men they deploy‚ the less space there will be width wise for the hosts. Three players‚ Lood de Jager‚ Bongi Mbonambi and Tendai Mtawarira who were outside Erasmus’ first choice starting team at the start of the tournament had played their way in by the time the Boks played Italy. They return en mass.
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