Justin Marshall: All Blacks would be ‘kidding themselves’ if they didn’t acknowledge Springboks ‘inevitability’

Justin Marshall insists that the All Blacks have to concede that the Springboks have the dominant scrum despite complaints over its legality.

Instead, the former scrum-half states that Dave Rennie’s men have to counteract it in other ways and make it a less important factor in the match.

Rennie has accused South Africa of “walking around” in the scrum, something which drew a stinging response from Boks boss Rassie Erasmus.

World Rugby on Boks’ side

The New Zealand head coach also revealed that World Rugby have disagreed with the All Blacks’ assessment of the set-piece.

“It’s one of those things that’s