Rassie Erasmus has taken to social media to respond to outgoing World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont’s comments about the Springboks’ Bomb Squad.

In a candid interview with The Times, Beaumont, who will step down from his position in November, questioned whether the sport allows too many substitutes, reflecting on how the game used to “open up” in the final 20 minutes.

BEAUMONT: Bok Bomb Squad breaking rugby

The Springboks, under Erasmus, have leveraged their unique strategy of packing the bench with forwards. In the 2023 World Cup final, South Africa even selected seven forwards among their replacements, allowing them to almost replace their entire pack.

Taking to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the Bok coach posted a strong rebuttal to Beaumont’s comments.

“Good thing games [are] won or lost on the field and not in the boardrooms,” Erasmus posted.

World Rugby is set to vote on approving a number of laws – including the 20-minute red card – for global trial on 14 November. While reducing the number of replacements is not part of the laws that will be voted on, World Rugby announced in March that it will be further explored by specialist working groups in the fourth phase of their Shape of the Game action plan.

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