Do not write off the Springbok scrum, warns Australia’s Sekope Kepu
Experienced Australian tighthead prop Sekope Kepu says the Springbok scrum is still a potent weapon and that the South Africans are not missing the injured Coenie Oosthuizen. The Boks lost the prop to a broken arm the last time the sides met in the 23-all draw in Perth, on September 9. The Australian scrum was put through the thresher and the Bok scrum also held up well against the All Blacks in Albany the following week, before they collapsed to New Zealand in a 57-0 hammering. Kepu said the Bok scrum would be a difficult unit to deal with when the sides meet in Bloemfontein on Saturday. "This season the Boks have put teams to the sword at scrum time and they’ve gone back to using the scrum as their strength. That’s the challenge we have to face. In terms of the scrum‚ I look at my role and what I can do and the focus is to do the job to the best of my ability‚" Kepu said. "In the second half we took the foot off the throat because we did well in the first half and I think some of ...
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