With 54 tries scored across the opening Nations Championship weekend, the obvious narrative was that teams were chasing bonus points under the new format. Erasmus pushes back on that, pointing instead to the Law Application Guideline introduced on 1 June — specifically the crackdown on defenders illegally dragging mauls down or hanging on without actively contesting. His argument: teams now have to commit more bodies to stop mauls, those defenders then have to scramble back into the defensive line, and the resulting fatigue and disorganisation is what's creating space and tries. He claims more maul tries were scored in this one weekend than across the entire Six Nations. On the bonus-point question, Erasmus draws a clear line — the Boks play to win Test matches, and chasing tries at the expense of that objective is a trap. He concedes the format creates some late-game tactical nuance once four tries are secured, but the warning is firm: disrespect a Test match and you'll lose it.