{"id":289464,"date":"2023-08-30T16:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=289464"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:34:07","slug":"south-africa-given-permission-to-use-seven-one-replacements-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/rugby-union\/south-africa-given-permission-to-use-seven-one-replacements-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa given permission to use seven-one replacements bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>South Africa given permission to use seven-one replacements bench at the Rugby World Cup after deploying tactic in victory against New Zealand<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Africa can use seven-one replacements bench at Rugby World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The tactic, which was used against New Zealand, was criticised by Matt Williams\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Africa have been given permission to use their seven-one replacements bench at the Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>For their 35-7 victory over New Zealand last week, South Africa named a bench comprised of seven forwards and just one back.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases teams have a bench of five forwards and three backs.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Evening Standard, World Rugby have decided that South Africa&#8217;s decision does not bring any extra risk to players.<\/p>\n<p>The only stipulation regarding benches for international matches is that teams much have a replacement front-row on the bench.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/16\/74880913-12462017-image-a-88_1693410716650.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>South Africa have been given permission to use their seven-one replacements bench at the Rugby World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/16\/74880951-12462017-image-a-89_1693410799294.jpg\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>South Africa coach\u00a0Jacques Nienaber will be able to use the tactic at the tournament<\/p>\n<p>Cobus Reinach, Ox Nche, Bongi Mbonambi, Trevor Nyakane, Jean Kleyn, RG Snyman and Marco van Staden all featured as substitutes against New Zealand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Scotland head coach Matt Williams was heavily critical of New Zealand&#8217;s selection and believes that the seven-one split should be outlawed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The South Africans are just abusing the bench at the moment,&#8217; Williams told OTB Monday Night Rugby podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The bench came in all for safety reasons. People didn&#8217;t come on for positions they weren&#8217;t trained for so we weren&#8217;t putting back-rowers in the front-row. Everything was done for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They had seven forwards [against New Zealand]. Seven forwards\u2026 really? Seriously? And World Rugby has just got to act on this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The way you fix it is say you must have three recognised backs on your bench. And that stops it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>South Africa will take on Scotland, Romania, Ireland and Tonga in the group stages of the Rugby World Cup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/16\/74880611-12462017-image-m-87_1693410241515.jpg\" height=\"901\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Scotland head coach Matt Williams was heavily critical of New Zealand&#8217;s selection<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12462017\/South-Africa-given-permission-use-seven-one-replacements-bench-Rugby-World-Cup-deploying-tactic-victory-against-New-Zealand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa given permission to use seven-one replacements bench at the Rugby World Cup after deploying tactic in victory against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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