CAPE TOWN : South Africa will continue to evolve their game-plan and add more attacking strings to their bow ahead of the defence of their Rugby World Cup title in France later this year, coach Jacques Nienaber said on Wednesday.
The Springboks were noticeably more attacking with ball in hand in the autumn internationals at the end of 2022, which included narrow defeats by Ireland and France, and wins over Italy and England.
The side were roundly criticised for being one-dimensional and too reliant on a territorial kicking game in the wake of their 2019 World Cup win in Japan, but Nienaber says they are learning new ways to pick opponents apart."We must not be arrogant and say because we won a World Cup in 2019, if we do the same things we will win it again.
You have to change, adapt and evolve. Last season was big for us in terms of that," Nienaber told reporters."The team has embraced the changes we have made.