Thomas du Toit's comments on The Good, The Bad and The Rugby podcast offer a rare inside look at what makes the Springbok scrum so formidable — and it starts with what happens in training. Du Toit is unequivocal: getting through a Bok scrum session against Nche, Steenekamp and Venter is more punishing than anything he faces on matchday. His description of 'seeing stars and black dots' in training gives some texture to why South Africa's scrum dominance isn't an accident. He also breaks down the technical distinctions between loosehead and tighthead — the directional battle each prop is fighting, why tighthead is physically more draining, and why looseheads tend to have more left in the tank for the loose exchanges. For anyone wanting to understand the mechanics behind the Boks' set-piece machine, this is worth the read.