Despite Hanekom's man-of-the-match effort against Argentina, Erasmus was unusually unambiguous: Wiese is the number eight, full stop. The piece examines what that bluntness signals about Erasmus's mindset heading into the All Blacks series — a position he clearly won't experiment with regardless of form elsewhere. The consolation for Hanekom is that his Buenos Aires performance has likely earned him a bench spot, with Erasmus acknowledging he's 'getting better every game' and settling into the team's system. The piece also covers the squad logistics — Erasmus confirming the 41-man group won't be trimmed, with 15 already home preparing for the first Test in Johannesburg.