CJ Stander eager for opportunity to answer Rassie’s ‘soft’ jibes

'I would like to, not really prove him wrong, but I’d like to show him what we can do and what we have done before'

CJ Stander: 'If we get the set-piece going, the rest will look after itself'. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Whatever about England this Saturday, CJ Stander has the Springboks in his sights thanks to that Rassie Erasmus barb about Ireland being “soft”.

The quote from the former Munster director of rugby emerged in the recent documentary charting South Africa’s dramatic 2019 World Cup-winning campaign in Japan, with their head coach Erasmus warning his players that semi-final opponents Wales were no pushovers compared to the Irish.