‘Springboks will deny it’ – Sir Steve Hansen’s take on All Blacks’ scrum accusations as ex-Wallabies boss rubbishes claims

Ewen McKenzie does not buy the All Blacks’ accusation that the Springboks are walking around in the scrums, while Sir Steve Hansen has also weighed in on the topic.

Dave Rennie sparked the debate after the first Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Test match at Ellis Park and doubled down on the take following defeat in the second meeting in Cape Town.

His comments irked Rassie Erasmus, with the Springboks boss lashing out at the post-match press conference, using explicit language in his response. South Africa’s scrum coach Daan Human was similarly annoyed by the claim that his forward pack was ‘walking around’