🔥RASSIE ERASMUS DOESN'T STAY SILENT AND CONFRONTS THE WORLD RUGBY BOSS | SPRINGBOKS NEWS

[@mikewebster-l6e]

Beaumont forgets that in his day rugby was a winter sport and National sides went on tour. Players lasted the season. Now that it is virtually an all year round sport replacements are necessary. I would like to see him play 80mins every weekend and last the distance.

[@svscatterling5538]

Amazing points....hadn't even thought of them.

[@johannswanevelder6863]

I am 48 years old, since a child rugby has changed so much.... rules, I mean.. evolution has changed it so much. I think Rassie has brought back life and excitement to the game... GO Rassie you are a legend 👏

[@BuksReyneke]

The whole rugby world never thought of the idea and the Rassie brain 🧠 outsmarted, outclassed and outwitted all of them. Rassie you live for the game and have a love for the sport hope you get recocniced for it the couch of the century. Our South African will to win is best said by Drikus du Plessis hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie. Ons staan by Jou nog die beste couch ooit. Hoop om jou eendag saam met Bok span te ontmoet. Staan sterkt en weet jy laat hulle almal sweet as hulle teen ons moet speel. Strong's ou groote Buksie Reyneke 😂👍👌 Gebruik Jou God gegewe talent en hulle sal dit nie kan stop nie.🤔🧠👍👌

[@Emjaygee1950]

Poor old bumbling, blazer brigade Bill is totally out of touch with modern day rugby. It's a shame that Augustin Pichot was not elected last time around.

[@interestedbystander196]

Agree. I would have liked to see what Pichot would have brought.

[@taniadevilliers348]

Dr Erasmus has made rugby smarter, but only the teachable will acknowledge that.

[@lydiapotgieter7867]

Spot-on

[@stevedavidson666]

Just a quiet note, Rassie can only be called a 'doctor' on the Potch campus as he's just an honorary one.

[@stona9222]

@@stevedavidson666 It is still a great achievement for what he has done for unity in the sport. Are you sure he can only be addressed like that on Potch campus?

[@svscatterling5538]

@@stona9222 "Honorary doctorates are honorary titles, not formal academic qualifications, and are often awarded to people who have no prior connection to the institution. Recipients can use the title "Dr." as a courtesy, but should restrict its use to interactions with the institution. " Good thing my VPN is permanently routed through Potch Uni Campus, so won't get snagged by the fun police when talking about Doc Rassie 🤣 I think Jacques Nienaber should also be inline for a doctorate for services to Defence!!!

[@IvanCaldwell-m9g]

Great - if bill retires in November then Tim from eggchasers can be elected president

[@alanoppel7485]

I think old Tim Coetzee is too much of a Bok fan for that job😂

[@interestedbystander196]

Gus Pichot FTW!

[@PeterGarnett007]

NOW! There's an absolutely BRILLIANT proposal!😎

[@Christos-7-9]

"he's in you heeeaaad, in you heeeeadddds" 😂😂😂 OG Rassie

[@kevinaraujo1935]

It's ok. Part of the springbok spirit is finding a way. Let them change what ever they want. We'll find another way to win!

[@marcoolivier2665]

Well said

[@MB-xq9hu]

That comment right there is precisely why as an American I fell in love with Springboks Rugby, and why I don't want for my country to become any good at Rugby so my patriotism doesn't get in the way of me continuing to root for the Springboks as my #1 national team to root for!

[@paulvanjaarsveld5965]

The Boks have already moved away from the Bomb Squad tactic, so Russie is just playing with them, as always, one step ahead…

[@jonathanjohnson7539]

Billy's bum still hurts from the hiding he and the Lions got in 1980. Woodword another that still suffers trauma of that series. Cheers Bill. I hate seeing you go but will love watching you leave😂

[@malcolmnroberts7319]

The bomb squad didn't deliver those wins, the depth of South African Rugby did. Without the depth there wouldn't be a bomb squad

[@maxkazzora4234]

Good for you Rassie. Jealousy gets people no where and only makes them envious. 👍🤣🤣

[@friedrichredelinghuys4003]

I think Billy boy hates the Boks and SA. His team just does not cut it. Hence his absolute jelousy of what tha Boks bring to the game. If it was England it would have been a wonderful thing.

[@vivb5180]

Still bitter about being thrashed when the British Lions played the Boks in the '80s when 'Bully' was captain. Not too bright, either (probably a few too many head knocks). The sooner he exits, the better.

[@KeorapetseMoojack]

Yes

[@marcoolivier2665]

Fuck england

[@barrysavage5903]

IRB make the rules, the teams play within them. No one can say that rugby is not far more entertaining across the entire playing field that it ever has been. The forwards becoming an additional key element of the game, more so than before, just makes it that much more interesting. We need more coaches to be innovative, within the rules. Those that don’t have the capacity to do so will have to follow those that do and not just complain about it not being in the spirit of the game etc. etc. Credit to the Springboks, that display great sportsmanship both on and off the field, while being innovative, exciting to watch and real proffesionals.

[@MB-xq9hu]

Rassie is a class act, but not a pushover, he had to respond to Bill Beaumont's accusations here... Rassie = Class act.. I am a huge sports fan, but the teams that I root for and respect are the ones that do their talking on the field of play, and that is what I have seen the Springboks do since I started watching the sport less than a year ago, while others cry to refs, and complain through the media... Go Springboks!!

[@SteveWarlee]

😂😂 ahhhh yes, a class act , lost home series advantage to Ireland, lost to Argentina with libbok and rubbish bomb squad. Yep, we won the RWC 🎉🎉yaye. But scraped through on the bones of our backsides. Pollard saved us not rassie. I doubt sir rassie will see another RWC win.

[@jhb340]

​@@SteveWarlee You sound like a self deprecating poes!! Just sit in your bedroom and cry instead of trying to sound like you know what you're talking about gimp.

[@WHOLT2]

@@SteveWarleeyou’re hilarious… the scoreboard talks even if by one point a win is a win… where are you from Ireland 😂😂

[@MB-xq9hu]

@@SteveWarlee Sounds like he is living in your head if you ask me, even if he doesn't win another RWC you are holding him to that standard proves his quality, any other manager would kill to be judged on winning ANOTHER RWC... Just sayin...

[@willemvanzyl2245]

​@@SteveWarlee. You are just as stupid as the rest of the world. You do not need to win every single match to be the best team in the world. You need to win the important matches that counts, even if it is by one point. Everybody complains about the bomb squad and that they kill the rugby match in the last 20 min. They complain that it takes away the traditional fitness show of the last 20 min, but what about the players that started the match. They played their hearts out in that first 60 min. Where is traditional fitness now. Come on.... we've got so many pissy's in the rugby world. When the All Black change the rules and bend the rules, everybody falls on their knees and praize them, but now Rassie must be crucified for playing his Bomb Squad within the rules. Go and watch bowls and leave rugby to men

[@spirobouloukos511]

Billy,this is 2024 ...nothing stops other countries emulating the Boks.

[@mariusvanvuuren8545]

That is precisely why they doing this. They cannot emulate even if they wanted to.

[@sqobamhlungujackson4786]

What an absolute fool Bill is, he of all people should know the amount of games the guys have to play in a year is ridiculous and career longevity would go down the toilet by making the guys play more rugby. Shows you how out of touch the big bosses are, and the only reasonable explanation for it could be due to their hatred of the Springboks.

[@FransJoubert-p6x]

My wife (who doesn't follow rugby) said the following after listening to Sir Bill. She doesn't understand rugby, if they (couches) loose they are fired and if they win they get criticized. From the mouth of babes.

[@glennharris6352]

I agree. Those that can see are blind.

[@TheoGrobler-c9u]

Rugby is alive and well and grows and is interesting. Mr Beaumont should support development.

[@DTOPShows]

he won't he is an gay ass!

[@anthonylees5735]

Tradition has to be constantly challenged or it will squash all progress. Not just in rugby terms but in just about anything.

[@maaifoediedelarey4335]

The Springboks do not only rely on the bomb squad in the last 20 min (byw other teams have followed already) - it demolishes scrums most of the time in the first 60 min anyway, in many cases better than the bomb squad does.

[@peacefulheart1431]

The bomb 💥 squad is normal Springbok players...... forever green & forever gold 🏆🏆🏆🏆 forever

[@greenblood5640]

Bill B lost in 1980 in SA. He was captain of the B & I Lions. It seems like he always wins the positions but not the silverware.

[@alanmarais7313]

The rules have changed so many times . Get the dinosaurs out of the rugby making rules. If it was the AB who came up with it it would be ok.

[@mickjames7896]

They did come up with it They used to use BB as an impact player off the bench and he got so many awards because of it

[@andrewmarkmostert7061]

innovative rassie is genius, and to add look at the all blacks and springboks games it was won in the last 20mins, rassie modernize the game how to use your subs effectively, the game has progress you have to move with it. i mean all other teams struggle to use their subs effectively, rassie put put trust in his squad as a whole, where the sub is just as good as the player on the field the team is fiilled with x factor players. teams has to catch up springboks is ahead, the teams on the field need to execute the plan what was lay down, the coaching team comes up with the plan this is the best team in this era.

[@juanbellingan5666]

You go Rassie

[@Clint_RSA]

Bill is vocal on the traditions of rugby, yet World Rugby seems determined to undermine the value of the big boys. They were bleating about mauls and wanting to do away with them, then it was taking a scrum from a free kick, now they want to attack the use of forward substitutions. Even before this there was heavy penalisation around clearing of rucks. A desire to soften the game under the pretence of safety. He has even argued safety when it comes to the bomb squad. There is nothing stopping other teams from using a bomb squad too, so the playing field is level. Rugby has become more tactical in the modern era, this innovative use of substitutions is part of those tactics.

[@BongieBala]

If it was England, France,Ireland, Australia or NZ who are doing whay SA is doing,the word on the street would be positive but we understand

[@beatrixstrydom1323]

Rassie is Bold enough to keep masterminding effective skills and just proves the outcome of his future thinking 🤔 not just the now ....Why should Our Leader Rassie be put in a yesterday's hero mode things done then do give a sense of comfort in the known method ...We have to face a Fact being Rassie is in the World of 🏉 Rugby to Champion Status 🏆 Springboks have tasted success The World Champions 🏆. ..History making is and will be strived for by Rassie and his coaching team and most importantly rugby players ...Rassie will keep perfecting rugby and the rest will see Reward 👀 in Winning 🏆 Beatrix Strydom

[@koosvanzyl2605]

Whenever South Africa wins, change the rules.

[@andreroux850]

The springboks can choose any of the players in the bomb squad to start the game. They are not second best. Furthermore, outside of those sitting on the bench, Rassie has a group of players that can be included if the gameplan decides that is how they are going to play. Rassie is indeed sn excellent strategist.

[@zackbarrow1927]

There is a lion rug in Rassie's bedroom. It's not dead it is just too scared to move.

[@muhammad3351]

😂😂😂

[@KeorapetseMoojack]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@12am-i5i]

Rumour has it 😂😂😂😂... Rassie is the no: 1 neuro property owner in the world coz he lives rent free...in...🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@anguskiewietz1494]

😂😂

[@ricardocarvalho1290]

Rassie's plan also protects the players from being overplayed and therefore we can see more rugby......make sense?

[@tokkielegrange3533]

Love the BOKS and BOMB squad

[@uadriaan]

I believe the World cup QF,SF & Final was won in the last 10min of the game so maybe Bill needs new glasses!

[@ellisjohnson1078]

Bill thinks and behaves like the successor to Queen Elizabeth , just because he played for the lions in SA , while the queen mother was alive.

[@vivb5180]

And got thrashed by the Boks when he was captain of the Lions in the '80s. Still bitter & twisted, and not the sharpest tool in the shed (understatement). Bully Beaumont belongs with the dinosaurs in a museum.

[@johan3924]

Work the rule.

[@iqosuser2754]

They are jealous, period !!! Why didn't they change the rules when 2011 and 2015 ABs where dominate ?? Never liked SIR !! BILL he has hated us because we beat him at rugby 🏉

[@arnoldbucheli4757]

In Beaumont’s vision of old, where was player safety in that scenario? Did tired players end up injuring themselves more frequently as they tired? Other than minnows, who don’t and didn’t have depth. The scores became one-sided after sides with more depth were able to employ impact players, or finishers as Eddie Jones called them. To back up his sentimental claims, I would like to see the stats on tier 1 and tier 2 team matches. What were the scores at halftime, at 60 minutes and the end. I am not sure the All Blacks or the Springboks waited just for the final quarter to run rampant on their opponents.

[@randomlyfactual1943]

You hit the nail on the head in that first sentence. Could have dropped the mic right there and called it a day 🎤 💧 😎

[@BervenNyamadzawo]

It's always the case if it's African countries winning would have it been AB or England nothing was going to be spoken

[@mthonyamampetsheni3420]

Not only am I proud the boks won the world cup, but im even more proud we won it the hardest way possible. If you want the rules to change because you're scared to face the bomb squad, go ahead & change the rules. But know that you’ve taken the easy way, know that you needed the help of board members to win..go ahead & change the rules but know that we dont respect you or recognize that win because you wanted the easy way..true warriors challenge themselves against the best..and I know it's the Northern hemisphere teams & fans that cry..they always cry instead of thinking of new ways or actually going out there & being warriors..

[@NicoWagner-y7y]

I do agree with Boaumont's statement. Reason being, nothing prohibits the other teams to follow the same principles than the Springbok's, though.

[@ryanwalters6256]

I wonder if the stance of world rugby would be the same if it was NZ or England applying the same game management tactic? Probably not. Over the next 3 years we should develop only kwagga like players so that our bench is full of neither backs nor forwards....and still dominate a game in the final 20min. World rugby forget how tense / exciting the last WC was in the last 20....

[@andilecingani2849]

What i like about our own uncle russie he's living rent free in their heads

[@Alan-w8g]

💣 Squad ❤

[@marcoolivier2665]

Go Rassie❤

[@justusbroeksma2426]

Crowds are attreacted by .intense competition ...not tiring players in the last 20 min.

[@andrewmakin8151]

we’ll win anyway

[@kevinr6257]

Given the number of games per year today in professional rugby, World Rugby needs to recognize Erasmus’ bench strategy enables players a longer playing career.

[@12am-i5i]

🇿🇦 All I can humbly say is...: 🎶🎶🎶🎶 He's in their heeeads, in their heeeeeads... Rassie, Rassie...in their heads, heads, headz!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 HULLE WIET NIE WAT ONS WIET...ABAZI LUTHO!!🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@matthewhicks6089]

1. It makes the game more exciting. Last 20 minutes is less likely to be solely ruled by giving up big mistakes & 1on1 mismatches. 2. It's opens a match up to more of the overall roster. Just bc last quarter is currently dominated by subbing power forwards doesn't mean it won't eventually be countered. 3. The game will be accessible by some athletes who would never have been able to compete at top play which traditionally preferred stamina over explosiveness.

[@ShaneViullaume-iq4pk]

Rassie should become world rugby chair president he is the new era

[@rogue___tr00per24]

There have been numerous changes over the years, to better rugby, as well as protect players, especially considering how much they play in the modern era. This advantage is extended to all teams, yet the Springboks are pointed out. It also potentially attracts more players to the game as there are more opportunities to make the team, and the level of quality is increased.

[@HMacK-x5r]

I agree - fewer substitutes. There are too many..

[@knowmean]

Bill poes mount ma se poes mount 💚😂🇿🇦

[@koosvanzyl2605]

That is such an intelligent comment. You do not buy class at Checkers.

[@JeffreyGrebe]

This comment smells like your mother.

[@lydiapotgieter7867]

Sick language

[@ianjacobs2998]

He is a rooi nek doos

[@ettiennel1502]

Sick, please get help!

[@dhurugovender7483]

Rassie ripped the boring script and changed the game. He is a genuis

[@phelansa23]

Rassie is so far ahead of these detractors. Every time they change the rules, he already has a new plan. So, bring it on Billy Boy!

[@mariuspieter]

Bill is an embarrassment to the sport, instead of focusing on expanding the sport and embrassing creativity he want us to be stuck in 1980

[@floruscoetzee1]

They do not know how to loose.

[@ninoneels]

🔥🔥🔥

[@steveatkinson3567]

Rugby rules have evolved significantly over the past 8-10 yrs. while I think it has made the game safer, it was deemed a good move forward. The bomb squad is another evolution which should be accepted. This tack-tick, while designed and used first by the Springboks, is open to ever other rugby coach in the world. But be careful,Rassi will do something new and equally as innovative in 2027.

[@steveatkinson3567]

One more thing, we should remember that despite the bombsquad, the Springboks won 3 games in the dying second by one point. Still the last 20 minutes of test rugby is as exciting as it has always been..

[@jodieloubser7056]

The rules change and so will the game. You use the rules to win. It's not about the last 20mins it's about the whole game and this modern rugby is extremely fast and exciting and most importantly it's about winning

[@kwv10jaar]

All this hoo-ha is a load of nonsense. There is absolutely nothing that prevents the other teams to take the same risk and use 7 forward substitutes!

[@spartacus1622]

Bill , is entitled to his well informed opinion and . But as it stands the Boks are unquestionably world number 1 . The rest of us will have to improve , I’m sure rumours of Steroid abuse in SA junior level is not so .?

[@RabbitWhiteThe]

These idiots will cry about anything. Absolutely ridiculous! Rassie has opened up the game and created a whole new strategic path to play. It's a 23 man game... never heard of a game where people don't take their bench seriously

[@Ceilliau]

Rassie did it first but all other nations/clubs, etc. Can also do it. It is not exclusive to SA. Rugby evolves, there is always a coach breaking new ground, and the others have to catch up or develop something better. I am looking forward to the next Bomb-Sqaud counter tactic.

[@nickvd374]

Winning is winning let the teams complaining change to another sport if they can't handle the pressure go bokke!!

Better to have some fresh players than exhausted teams grinding out the closing minutes. It has added to the interest in the game and the use of tactics.

[@alwynwatkins1955]

It‘s time for Uncle Bill to exit stage left. Well done Rassie, and SA rugby in general. You are making the game interesting. Yes Bill stage left please and thank-you.

[@barryspaltman9509]

Beaumont is an idiot, and does not want the game to evolve with new ideas and strategies, The boks take a massive chance with the 7-2 split. they can fail just as much as win. it is noted in three championship games Australia faked injuries so that they did not have to scrum, every five minutes there was an Australian on the ground to slow things down, same with argentina they looked like a football side stopping play with minor injuries, Whats rugby coming to. maybe stop it all together and let the woman take over the league, you do not sea the same things in the womans rugby

[@interestedbystander196]

7-2?

[@Birdman953]

The last time Bill Beaumont played rugby was before the Dead Sea was even sick. The game has evolved Bill. Maybe think back to the original rule of no lifting in the lineout, or an engaging scrum without the preamble.

[@siviwemxuma7981]

We have already moved away from the bomb squad tactic. Not because of the pressure in world rugby, but because our opponents plan for it now. Rassie is innovative. 2027 we will play differently to the way we playing now. No amount of laws will stop this Springbok dominance under Rassie and Razor

[@garethkennedy7200]

Not modern tactics, those were the rules. Rassie usef them within URB guidelines. Now they wanna change them because they all scared of the Springboks. Doesn't make a difference, Springboks have so much depth no matter what rules are change evolution changelles us

[@defiantb929]

Never forget bryce Lawrence

[@1ma4ighter]

to every team rugby is ultimately about winning; brute force is obviously the traditional South African way of winning and Rassie being an old-school bok would naturally revive that in a team that seemed to have lost their ways of old, so finding a way to set the game up in where, traditionally, his team would have the historical advantage is just good strategy and nothing else

[@ShaneViullaume-iq4pk]

I love the games new beginnings! The world is ever changing so adap or stay left behind

[@janniemulder8868]

World Rugby is busy becoming world soccer the game for baby's. Rugby is a game of battle and hard hits that Rugby not a baby crying game

[@AndrewMacca-o7t]

It appears that all tossers who hate Bok rugby are called "Sir" - Beaumont, Woodward, Kirwan.... tonsils all round....

[@ryanking8960]

agree with beaumont

[@Joe-hk2qq]

The bomb squad is not what makes this team so dominant......It's the UNITY

[@jeremyreid9582]

You can change the rules again … but we (actually Rassie) will analyse these amendments and develop another winning strategy. The Springboks will continue to be a force to be reckoned with … unless the rules are amended such that the Springbok team must include at least one snivelling English rugby critic.

[@l.g.s7907]

💣

[@hansdedipper2912]

Dinosaur. ▪️Players were not allowed to be lifted in line outs ▪️Place kicking was without T's and piece of turf was kicked loose to place ball ▪️Rugby ball was made of 8 leather panels. ▪️First 8 players at a ruck formed the scrum. Great that we cling to values carved in stone 😂😂

[@galinor7]

I remember when England were working up to their world cup win and won match after match. Man their play was turgid, but they won. Eventually rules wrre tweeked because they won by kicking goals, a stone wall defence and strangling the game to death. In short they won because of a quirk that they could exploit. This really isn't different, SA have a once in a generation dominance in one adpect of the game, muscle mass and the rules will get tweeked. My point is this isn't personal. World Rugby always have tweeked the rules to keep a level playing field and the Status quo

[@liebmaritz6604]

Are the opposing sides prohibited to apply the same tactics? I don't think so 🤔🤔

[@gingervirus2988]

By the way, Beaumont is stepping down and law changes are not made by one man but by consensus. If SA want to have a World Series Rugby tournament (participants SA only) that’s fine but don’t expect everyone else to want to watch your piano shifters and penalty kickers for entertainment. Before long Rassie will be instructing players in tight games to drop the ball so that the pack can then get a penalty from the resultant scrum. Legal? Yes but not what the game is about.

[@stanleywilliams5893]

A weak comment to say the least. Each one of your opinions are whiny and piss weak. A BB apologist and sour grapes. Rugby has never been as good as it is now. Just because the old boys club are losing they want the rules changed. How weak are you?

[@WillemHorne]

No comment. Go Bokke !!!

[@ForzaVryheid]

How many points did we win each of our last few RWC matches by again? Games are still won in the last 20 mins Bill, it's just not only the ABs doing it anymore 😂

[@mariusvanvuuren8545]

Over the years every change they have made was to the advantage of other countries like new zealand and australia. Now they want to do it again. Who contributes most to the international rugby body. I think SA does but we have very little say. We have a traditional game of big stong forward packs. But every thing they change goes more towards rugby league.

[@phillipjswanepoel8044]

So Bill, let's go back to bringing replacements back on only for injuries, like Sê did when you played 50 years ago.

[@signsmartkzn5289]

That's a bit of a hypocritical statement. With all the new rules and changes that world rugby keep bringing in to make the game faster and flow better for fans, how can they suddenly be moaning about the substitutions which definitely makes the game faster and flow more. The only explanation is just pure jealousy that the boks are the ones who thought of it first

[@kwaailight]

Substitutiing is a critical element of managing players' game time and extending their careers ultimately. Someone should explain that to Bill Beaumont. 🙄

[@stevemoseby3693]

you can only have an effective bomb squad if you have the depth of players, but England dont have the depth , no wonder beaumont complaing

[@braMiNi0N]

...so if you had a amazing running backline and desided to replace the whole backline with more runners that would be fine? ...or if France did it everyone would be fine with it, right? So one nation should suffer because one coach has a brain to make a tactic to win games.

[@williehoffman9062]

Rassie is a master technician.. Bill is a cry baby. If the Boks were losing matches with the bomb squad strategy. The opposition wouldn't have raised a word. Playing the bomb squad more players are getting the opportunity to wear the Bok jersey and playing for their Country.

[@waltbarratt200]

England fan here, Beaumont needs to sort out the poor referees rather than what tactics the teams are using, he just shows how out of touch with the game the authorities are, at grassroots you pull on a shirt and play your heart out for your team whatever position.

[@Wagenmeister]

All teams has the same amount of replacements. Its only because its South Africa that won with it that its an issue. If SA lost with the strategy no one would have cared or even if its any other team that did it. If it was anyone else than South Africa it would have been called revolutionary.

[@umkhwenyana]

ou billy beaumont is `n regte ou parra!

[@debrabeck6068]

Let’s not get too defensive and abusive. Bill made an observation and that is fact. Rassie thinks out of the box and will no doubt do it again and again. The demands on rugby players has changed and so the tactics will evolve. SA have proven themselves to be the best currently and long may that last but it is a GAME and relies on human players who put their bodies at risk.

[@markbrown-sb2zm]

If England had a pack that could dominate any team, then another world class front row and locks, would Beaumont have said anything ? All the last 3 games at the WC were win in the final 5 minutes by 1 point so the last WC was the closest and best ever .

[@Dougal13]

I am undecided. His remarks have merit, but the game has changed and the question of substitutes does give more players test match experience. Maybe a compromise is the answer?