Rassie Erasmus’ strategy against Italy: four changes in the first half!

Italy and South Africa They faced each other during the November window at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, where the approach of the Europeans was extremely interesting during the first minutes of the game that led to Rassie Erasmus to react. All rugby, on Disney+ Premium Plan.

Just after 10 minutes of play, Franco Mostert He received a permanent red card for hitting Paolo Garbisi. This led the coach to make a quick change with the entry of Ruan Nortje rather Ben-Jason Dixon.

This first modification was due to a scrum that the eight players had to form. Minutes later, the South African coach decided to change the first two lines minutes apart. Zachary Porthen and Boan Venter where those who entered were Wilco Louw and Gerhard Steenekamp.

With these changes, Erasmus He wanted to improve the scrum, where he was being dominated by the Italians, although it cost him the process of the match. The head coach didn’t even stay there and also sent Andre Esterhuizen instead of the wing Edwill van der Merwe.