Wilco Louw: More clinical Springboks can beat the All Blacks

Louw was part of a dominant South African scrum for the first 55 minutes, but after one too many chances went begging – notably in a scrum penalty going against them in their put-in in front of the All Blacks’ posts when they were only behind 19-16 – momentum shifted to the ors, who ran away with the game.‘There is still belief’ Head coach Rassie Erasmus said the Boks have come back from calamity before – losing their first 2021 British & Irish Lions series match and 2019 World Cup pool game, and going on to win it all.

The Springboks still have it in their power to win the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series if they convert their opportunities better than they did in their 33-16 defeat at Ellis Park on Saturday, said prop Wilco Louw.