Rassie Erasmus has resisted predicting the make-up of the England team that his Springboks will face on Saturday in Johannesburg, claiming he doesn’t want to create a “big story” like what happened the last time before the countries played each other.
It was November 2024 when Erasmus gazumped his counterpart Steve Borthwick by naming the English XV he expected to run out at Twickenham.
Speaking before England confirmed their side for that Autumn Nations Series clash 19 months ago, Erasmus, for instance, correctly predicted that Freddie Steward would be reinstated in the number 15 shirt and he was proven correct when
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