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.
Boks with unconventional bench selection against Ireland
https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/boks-play-7-1-joker-ireland/
4 Comments
theboy@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
They’ve been playing backs in weird positions for the last couple years, so I’d say they’ve been prepping this for a while
Olap@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Damn, madnan actually did it. High balls all match from Ireland
chandz05@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I am so amped for this match. It truly is unpredictable
Forestial@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
…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.