The dust may have settled on the Springboks’ hard-fought 33-26 victory over the All Blacks at Cape Town Stadium, but the off-field battle surrounding the scrum is still heating up.

Following the clash, All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie reignited debates around the legitimacy of South Africa’s scrum technique when he implied that the Springboks were manipulating the set-piece by “walking around” the mark to bore straight through the New Zealand tighthead.

In response, an angry Rassie Erasmus pointed to the opposition’s negative play, accusing the All Blacks of taking a non-engagement approach to intentionally collapse or avoid pushing, thereby

Read the full article from The South African Rugby here.