Tokyo — The ruthless efficiency that has increasingly become a feature of the Springboks’ play meant they have not had to deviate from the script that has worked for them.

They might now be typecast as predictable‚ which brought All Blacks captain Kieran Read to a point that may prove prescient when the teams play in a Rugby World Cup (RWC) pool match in Yokohama on Saturday...

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