Peter Bills, writing for The Independent , ponders whether South Africa's brand of rugby is good enough to win the World Cup
"Can South Africa defy the modern conventions and ways of an entire sport in their World Cup campaign?
The question comes ever more urgently into mind in the light of their opening Tri-Nations defeat by Australia in Sydney last weekend.
It is clear that New Zealand and Australia are playing a completely different game to the South Africans. They seek to utilise the opportunities afforded by the new law interpretations by keeping possession and attacking mostly with ball in hand.
By contrast, the South African game does not appear to have moved forward hardly one iota since 2007 when they won a kicking dominated World Cup by playing tactically, relying on their impressive line-out for solid, consistent possession, driving the ball on by hammering into the opposition and landing copious numbers of penalty goals."
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