Erasmus is bullish on the direction of the game after the Nations Championship's opening round produced 54 tries across six matches. His analysis centres on two structural shifts. First, the crackdown on maul dragging: because teams can no longer collapse a maul by pulling it sideways with a handful of defenders, they're forced to commit more bodies — which creates defensive fatigue and more post-maul try-scoring opportunities. Second, the policing of contestable kicks, which Erasmus frames as a genuine third set-piece alongside the scrum and lineout. His argument is that a well-executed kick should no longer automatically cede possession — it should create a contest, with aerial battles and the ensuing scramble both becoming legitimate phases of play. He also flags scrum feed policing as a contributing factor to a cleaner, more open game. The piece contextualises his enthusiasm against the crash-ball era, when the game tightened into attritional, low-risk patterns — and suggests that enforcing existing laws, more than inventing new ones, may be the lever that's actually opened things up.