Rassie Erasmus has earned the right to be called a rugby genius, but he is not immune from criticism when his genius becomes an exercise in unnecessary cleverness. Paris on Friday night was one of those occasions.
The most applicable saying is in Afrikaans: ‘Slim van sy baas’.
The Springboks lost 21-19 to France in a Test they should have won, against a French team they should have beaten comfortably, and with a match 23 that should never have left the Stade de France wondering how it had all gone so horribly wrong.
Erasmus got it wrong.
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