The most revealing feature of the 2026 Nations Championship statistics is that Rassie Erasmus’s Springboks are the competition’s most prolific scoring team, despite not being among the leading teams in the volume of rugby played.
Springboks
The Springboks have scored 196 points and 29 tries in four Tests. They average 49 points and 7.25 tries per match. Yet they do not feature among the leading five teams for metres gained, carries or offloads.
Their latest effort was a 66-7 humiliation of Italy in Turin.
It is an insight into how Rassie Erasmus’s Springboks play.
The Boks are not necessarily trying
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