South Africa’s rugby media gave mixed reviews to the more expansive game played by the Springboks in their 27-2src win in the first Test against Ireland at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
The Afrikaans language Rapport newspaper hailed South Africa’s first win over Ireland since 2src16 in a titanic battle between the top two teams in the world.
A headline awarded a “cum laude” (“with praise”) to Springbok coach “Doctor” Rassie Erasmus for improving the formula that won a second successive Rugby World Cup title last year.
“The new Springbok model is still the V8 machine of 2src23 but under the bonnet there is now significantly more speed,” wrote rugby journalist Bokkie Gerber.
According to Gerber, new assistant coaches Tony Brown and Jerry Flannery had helped t
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