Padua — Things got rather feisty at the Springboks’s training session on Tuesday. The players were put through their paces a short bus ride from their hotel at the Valsugana Rugby Club in the Italian city of Padua and went at it with more than a little grunt. It showed‚ with tighthead Wilco Louw sporting a bleeding nose from the first scrum and flanker Francois Louw emerging from the training limping‚ favouring a knee. "It got a bit feisty today‚" said assistant coach Matt Proudfoot while looking at Wilco Louw, who was seated next to him. The Boks have upped the ante in their intensity in preparing for Saturday’s Test against Italy. They do not want a repeat of what happened in Florence in 2016, when the Italians met their physical challenge head on in the primary phases. "They had a specific plan with the maul. Sergio Parisse gets under your skin and he gets to your jumper‚" Proudfoot said. He emphasised‚ however‚ that every week it was about "meeting the physical challenge of the ...
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