'Seven forwards... really? Seriously?': Irish pundit calls for Springboks 'abusive' tactic to be outlawed

South Africa are blessed to have the reserves, they have, nobody would complain if they had the bench s.a have but because they don't now it is a huge problem. And for safety?? Your danger for getting really injured are up front and the bench is there.

“ International regulations only require that a replacement front-row (tighthead prop, loosehead prop and hooker) be selected on the bench.

Beyond that teams are free to complete their eight-player bench however they see fit.”

As it should be!

@Matt Williams like they said to Alice, who the f@ck is Matt Willams

Substitutions only came about because in the 1996 SA v NZ series, the sp

Springboks got players to fake injury so they could be replaced. NZ then followed suit and hey presto, non injury replacements were introduced! One has to give it to the boks, they are smart and have always thought outside the square. If replacements are limited, I wouldn't be surprised to see 'tactical injuries' once again.

Methinks the writer here is still looking for the dummy he spat out.

Matt Williams needs to wind his neck in. What people don't realise is substitutions apply to every team, not just the Springboks. It's just our use of the subs is as a united front, whereas it seems most coaches bring on subs as individuals. Each one performing a particular task on his own, never, it seems, as a group.

If people like Matt Williams can't handle it, then people like Matt Williams must then fight against it, ON THE FIELD, where the players play. Thus if you don't like seeing the Boks wallop an opposition, then train up the opposition to withstand and return the favour.

Most scrums are easy to defend if you know how your opposition functions. But nowadays it seems teams want the immediate quick fix solution.

Also another reason why it works is because Rassie and Jacques have been working on this strategy for a straight six years. They have figured out how to manipulate their players at any given point into slotting into different skills. Thus it's only Esterhuizen and Mapimpi who have specialised positions. Everyone else is interchangeable

South African New Rule Proposal:

We play sub 90KG wings, fast running wings, heavy & fast players hitting into people is dangerous!

Caleb Clark KO'd Kriel & Faf with raised knees to tacklers head in B2B games. Very Dangerous!!

Wings have too much momentum, weight x Speed, they must be below 90KG's ala Kolbe/Arendse no more.

Clarke too heavy, defo no Jonah Lomu, wings at sub 90KG's.

NZ can play Damon Mckenzie more skills less bash.

We have become so bored & tired of NZ backs bashing through tackles, its very crude, we want more finesse silky skills.

You know that shit you hate, that our forwards do apparently all that power & force and smash it up. That is always so ugly to you when done in a Springbok jersey.

Well we find 'big smash it up' 100kg+ wingers to be equally dull & unwelcoming, so Duhan V D Merwe will also need to stand down too we are afraid Scotland.

Remove massive Polynesian Backs its just plain dangerous. FiJI/Tonga/Samoa smaller backs please don't make us come over there & cut you down to size.

Done as a rule by weight given higher speed.

What an utter bleater, wants World Rugby to create special rules to Stop Boks from possibly defending the RWC & playing to their strengths.

Fancy Rugby Pass home of Ben Smith & NZ supremacy hosting such an article after their scrum was smashed.

I don’t think the ABs will be worried about this loss, most of the team hadn’t played for a month before this game & only had a week in London to acclimatise. Whereas the Bokke had two warmup games in the NH. Yes we were disjointed & gave away some penalties which cost us the game but ultimately it was a warmup but the pedantic referee was out of depth to start with. I’m not complaining about the result the Boks played well but I expect the ABs to be firing come the start of the World Cup

Guys and gals - wouldn't get into a huff about this. The Aussies have been trying to turn rugby union into rugby league lite for decades because that's where the majority of fans and money is. That's why they want to do away with scrums and lineout mauls because the league fans want to see basketball with a bit of violence thrown in a bit like Aussie Rules. NZ have to go along with everything the Aussies say because they rely on Australia for so many things other than rugby - in fact the Australian constitution gives NZ the right to join Australia as a single nation.