During the Springboks’ “worst and most frustrating performance” in a long time, Sir John Kirwan “had a laugh” at their methods.

During the Springboks’ “worst and most frustrating performance” in a long time, Sir John Kirwan “had a laugh” at their methods.

Sir John Kirwan, a former All Black, has praised the Springboks’ resourcefulness in defeating Italy, although he believes it was one of the

South Africa crushed Kirwan’s old team, the Azzurri, 45-0, scoring seven tries, including two from their

creative lineout technique for open play.

Despite Wilco Louw’s yellow card, which reduced the team to 13 men at one time, and Jasper Wiese’s red card in the 20th minute of play

Despite being carded, the Boks were able to win by a wide margin.

The worst and most obnoxious The Springboks’ performance

But Kirwan did not find that impressive. However, the former winger did value the inventiveness, particularly the game’s first

When Manie Libbok chipped the kick-off short to Andre Esterhuizen, it was a scrum-making tactic.

In an interview with Springboks legend Victor Matfield on The Rivals podcast, Kirwan stated, “I chuckled at that because we did that kick-off against

When I was coaching Italy, we thought we had a better scrum, so we went to Ireland in 2003.

We were immediately penalized, just like South Africa.

Even though I appreciate innovation, we need to be able to spot when it’s being used illegally rather than creatively.

“I love Rassie’s inventions and think they’re amazing. We have talked about the physical player’s transformation, though. Will

would drastically influence our common ideals in the game if some of these modifications were implemented?

Kirwan describes the Boks’ performance as the worst he has witnessed the Springboks play in a long time, saying that the French and

It could teach the All Blacks a lot.

“It was the worst and most annoying performance I have seen from South Africa in a long time,” he said.

When you’re playing Italy, they can occasionally be really annoying. I know they scored six or seven tries, but I didn’t believe

They truly got into the rhythm of their game.

South Africa and France are the two teams with the most depth, in my opinion, albeit some of the players on the

were on par with the more seasoned players during the weekend.

The performance was very eye-opening. As an All Black or Frenchman, you’re always looking for a weakness or a way to

overcome the Springboks, the current world champions. As a result, I don’t believe that South Africa performed particularly well overall.

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Matfield hits back

Matfield, who appeared confused by his comments, asked Kirwan to identify the players who, in his view, did not “stand up” against the

Azzurri.

“The whole front five,” the New Zealander replied.

I’m not sure if there was an early tactical change with your prop [Thomas du Toit], who was having issues with the Italians.

“I just felt like you were in charge, and you got annoyed, which made the red card less useful.” Nevertheless, it didn’t seem that you

carried out your scheme to topple Italy, then threw them off balance and allowed them to explode up.

“I think they kind of ignored them.

“I didn’t think the front five were dominant, and they just wanted to intimidate the opposition instead of outplaying them.”

“I didn’t think the front five were dominant, and they just wanted to intimidate the opposition instead of outplaying them.”

Matfield felt it was a big improvement over the Springboks compared to the game in Pretoria.

South Africa prevailed 42–24 at Loftus, but the Italians outscored them with three tries in the second half.

The former Bok lock believed that despite Wiese’s sacking, Erasmus’ team continued to play well.

“I thought it was a good idea to go up playing rugby, get a red card, then go to 13 men and still nill them while scoring 45 points.”

far higher performance than the previous week,” he said.

Losing a center who must play forward and then back in the backline makes it difficult to play with one man down. The physicality

was there, they accomplished what needed to be done, and their intention was far better than it had been the week before.

“I don’t think it was that bad of a performance, considering they only had 14 men for 60 minutes.”