South Africa utility again Canan Moodie has warned in opposition to assuming the Rugby Championship title was within the Springboks’ possession, saying that something may occur within the last set of matches this coming weekend.
The Boks defeated Argentina 67-30 on Saturday, with a dominant second half efficiency once more proving the distinction for Rassie Erasmus’s aspect. The win put the Boks on prime of the Championship standings, however with a lead of a single level over New Zealand.
The second conflict in opposition to Los Pumas will probably be performed in London at Twickenham, and Moodie was cognisant of the journey necessities forward of it.
“The Rugby Championship has not been received but,” Moodie mentioned after the match.
“We all know there’s nonetheless a job to do subsequent week, and there is a component of journey on Sunday, so we’ll simply maintain our heads down and proceed doing the arduous work to hopefully get the end result subsequent weekend. Then we’ll have one thing to have a good time.”
Moodie added that he anticipated the Argentines to come back out swinging, regardless of being out of the working for the title, to finish their marketing campaign on a excessive.
He mentioned: “They will come arduous at us as a result of they’re a really passionate rugby nation, and so they’ll look arduous at Saturday’s sport and are available again preventing.
“That mentioned, we have now to deal with ourselves and guarantee we do the job, slightly than all the opposite stuff. For us, the main focus is on making an attempt to do the job on Saturday.”
He added: “We attempt to follow our buildings and after halftime do not attempt to go off script.
“It is positively a motive why it is going nicely, and it is positively credit score to that, and making an attempt to stay to our system. We’ve an excellent stability of how we’re doing issues and it appears to be working for us.”
