England rookie roasts Springboks: 'They're not unbeatable'
11/12/2024 05:23 AM
England’s Tommy Freeman believes the Springboks are ripe for the picking ahead of their Test match in London on Saturday.
The top-ranked Springboks will visit rugby’s head-quarters for a highly-anticipated showdown with the seventh-ranked England this weekend.
The bitter rivals will, however, head into this blue-ribbon fixture on unequal footing. South Africa kicked off their end-of-year Test campaign with a solid victory over Scotland, while England started their end-of-year series with twin defeats against the All Blacks and Wallabies.
Erasmus boasts a remarkable win (five wins out of eight Tests = 62.5%) record against England since taking charge of the Springboks back in 2018, including that heart-stopping 16-15 win over the Roses in last year's World Cup semi-final.
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And yet, despite the disparity in their world rankings as well as both teams’ recent set of results and their poor record against this Rassie-led squad, Freeman firmly believes England can topple the Springboks, irrespective of the home side’s underdog status.
"The semi-final was a one-point game, they were definitely blown back by the way the lads took it to them," Freeman was quoted The Guardian .
"They are not unbeatable, they are still human, they are still rugby players, they are still playing the same game."
"We are going to deliver our game as best we can, make a few wrongs right from last weekend and we are going to go properly after them," Freeman insisted.
"We are not going in saying, 'we are expecting them to beat us, we will give it a shot' that has never crossed our mind."
"The Springboks offer something very different. They're a new challenge and they're on top of the world at the moment.
"We may be considered underdogs but we're going to take a big shot at them."
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