The Springboks’ director of rugby began the mind games ahead of Saturday’s Paris showdown.
Rassie Erasmus expects semi-final opponents England to “have some beef” with South Africa due to their defeat in the final of the last World Cup.
“To talk about the All Blacks would be disrespectful to England because they’re a massive, massive speed bump for us to get over,” said Erasmus. The 50-year-old went into specific statistical detail of the two teams he believes will take to the field at Stade de France.“I think we have averaged 200 minutes per player, they 260,” said Erasmus.
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