Springbok scrum boss demands improvement against Tonga's 'hell of a pack'

In Toulon

Springbok scrum coach Daan Human said their set-piece will improve for a massive Tonga pack on Sunday, even though he hinted that they were hard done by in the scrum in their 13-8 Rugby World Cup loss to Ireland in Paris last week.

Human, the former Stormers, Toulouse, and Springbok prop, is never one to blame the officials or an individual for shortcomings.

He felt, however, that the Boks didn't get the reward they deserved from their scrum dominance against Ireland, especially with the penalties tight-head prop Frans Malherbe conceded.

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Malherbe also had a few scrumming foot faults in the first half of the 18-3 win against Scotland on 10 September.

However, he sorted them out and by the time he was replaced by Trevor Nyakane and the Bok scrum had a dominance they never relinquished.

Human also added that the seven-one bench split ensured the Bok scrum remained powerfully functional throughout the game.

"Some areas of the field were wet and one of the penalties we gave away was because Frans lost his feet and that's something we can fix," Human said.

"It's a technical thing that's easy to fix. I'm also not sure if we're allowed to play with 25mm studs in the World Cup, but we can maybe put in a request. From there, we may slip a little bit less.

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"In one other infringement, we outhit them because we picked a seven-one bench split and they couldn't handle the heat and in the very next one, they stood up.

"Remember, the second infringement then becomes a penalty, but the penalties are technical, while the pictures we saw were dominant ones.

"We always create and try to show that