Springbok prop Ox Nche runs out for his 50th Test apperance against the All Blacks at DHL Stadium on Saturday.
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry has intensified after a war of words broke out between Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus and his All Black counterpart Dave Rennie over scrum interpretations, but Bok prop Ox Nche claims he simply plays to the "man in the middle."
Rennie claimed the Boks had been “walking around” in the scrum during the second Test at DHL Stadium, which the hosts won 33-26 to level the series at 1-1.
A visibly agitated Erasmus immediately hit back, defending his team’s scrumming technique, saying: “Don’t come with that nonsense saying we’re walking around and trying to put things out in the media.”
He went further, claiming: “It was obviously a plan to get that message out, and we’re not going to stay quiet and just say, ‘You’re right, we’re walking around.’ We weren’t f*****g walking around, we’re scrumming through.”
