No sleep lost due to Bok discipline
The Citizen|August 15, 2024
Despite five yellow cards and a red card being handed out to his team in their last two Test matches, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus isn't in the least concerned about discipline in the team.
Jacques van der Westhuyzen
No sleep lost due to Bok discipline

ERASMUS: POOR TECHNIQUE RATHER THAN 'THUGGERY'.

The Boks were shown two yellow cards and a red in their 64-21 win against Portugal in Bloemfontein towards the end of July and again last weekend in Brisbane, in their 33-7 win against the Wallabies in the Rugby Championship opener, the Boks were shown a further three yellow cards.

Erasmus said earlier this week the majority of the infringements which resulted in his players being sin-binned were down to poor technique in most cases, rather than anything resembling "thuggery".

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