Experienced Springboks hooker Malcolm Marx has explained how the world champions’ head coach Rassie Erasmus sold the idea of a Bomb Squad to his players in 2019.
The tactic has been a major contributing factor to the Boks’ success since 2019 and has resulted in them winning two Rugby World Cups and a British and Irish Lions series, with their replacements bench helping to clinch several victories.
The idea of the Bomb Squad is not only to deploy a forward-heavy bench with a 6-2 or 7-1 split but is also a mindset that the players in the starting line-up can give
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