Pieter-Steph Du Toit says England’s tactics made him think South Africa would win inside the first 10 minutes of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final.
England ran the ball from behind their own tryline and saw several high-risk passes go to ground early on.
“I just thought, ‘are you guys crazy? This a World Cup final, you don’t play like this'” said flanker Du Toit.
“We were quite physical in that game and they were quite afraid of us. That was what the plan was.”
The Springboks went on to prevail 32-12 in November’s match in Yokohama to lift the trophy for the third time.
Du Toit picked out Owen Farrell’s decision to spread the ball wide from his own in-goal area in the fifth minute and number eight Billy Vunipola’s stray pass after picking up from the base of a scrum shortly after as key moments.
“The moment in
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