Springboks have acclimatisation head start on All Blacks

The Springboks will have a good head start on the All Blacks in terms of acclimatising to the conditions in Japan with 11 days to go before their Rugby World Cup 2019 clash in Yokohama.

On Monday Erasmus put the squad through a 90-minute training session in sweltering heat in front of thousands of locals who turned out to watch. In the extreme conditions the Boks were forced to slow the game and to employ a game plan based heavily on tactical kicking and field position.The All Blacks had not arrived in Japan by Monday but the Boks have been there for two weeks already.

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