Dan Biggar's post-match breakdown of the Ellis Park defeat cuts to the heart of what went wrong: the Springboks' most reliable weapon — ruthless finishing inside the opposition 22 — deserted them entirely. With 12-13 entries each, the All Blacks converted at 2.5 points per visit; the Boks managed 0.6. Biggar's argument is that New Zealand didn't just benefit from Springbok errors — they engineered them, deploying aggressive rip-tackling to disrupt ball presentation and flooding the defensive line to neutralise the Boks' X-factor carriers, turning Grant Williams's life at the ruck into a constant grind. The result was a Springbok attack that looked pedestrian rather than powerful. Biggar also credits Rennie's tactical preparation specifically — Erasmus himself acknowledged being surprised by the All Blacks' tackle technique — and singles out Will Jordan's finishing (53 tries in 58 Tests) as the sharpest expression of the clinical edge that decided the match.