GAVIN RICH: Wondering if history will repeat itself at the Rugby Championship
There are some things that are the same as they were in 2019, but some things aren’t
The Springboks start the build-up to the Rugby World Cup in France when they open their Rugby Championship campaign against Australia at Loftus at the weekend, and in terms of selection and strategy we should expect a replay of 2019.
The Bok team that thumped Australia 35-17 at Ellis Park in a similar game in 2019 only featured six starting players that also started the World Cup final four months later. The reason for the mix-and-match selection was similar to now. The Boks played the All Blacks in Wellington a week later, and then coach Rassie Erasmus elected to save the bulk of the first-choice team for that game...
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