Boks with unconventional bench selection against Ireland (www.sarugbymag.co.za)

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South Africa have selected a replacements bench with only one back for one of the biggest games of the World Cup so far. It will get all the media attention this week but it’s a highly risky one in case they suffer an injury in their backline.

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[-] chandz05@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I am so amped for this match. It truly is unpredictable

[-] Olap@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Damn, madnan actually did it. High balls all match from Ireland

[-] Forestial@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

…aaaand it didn’t work. Not to say that they lost the game because of this, but they didn’t seem to get any of the advantages expected from it. A couple of big scrums was about the height of it. It turns out that you can’t win a top level test match without a goal kicker, no matter what tricks you pull.

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