Duncan Casey: Rassie leaks his slow poison on the Scots

Meanwhile we were never going to learn a huge amount from an opening clash against a side with just three of the starting 15 playing outside the Romanian domestic league

South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus before the 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B match at the Stade de Marseille. Photo credit: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

THERE was precious little glee watching Ireland annihilate a Romanian side clearly in a class below them. There is no room for sentiment at a World Cup, however, and Ireland showed the foot-on-throat ruthlessness that aspiring world champions must have in abundance.

We were never going to learn a huge amount from an opening clash against a side with just three of the starting 15 playing outside the Romanian domestic league.