Writing in the wake of the 3-1 Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series win, Jake White's argument is straightforward: Erasmus has nothing to fix. The burden is on the chasing pack. White's case rests on what the series revealed about the so-called 'ageing core' — du Toit, Etzebeth, Marx, de Allende, Kriel and a 40-year-old Deon Fourie all answered their critics emphatically across four bruising Tests. For White, three consecutive wins after going down 1-0 isn't just a series result; it's proof of concept for 2027. On selection, he's relaxed — Morne van den Berg's Player of the Match display is held up as the latest example of Erasmus's conveyor belt quietly producing when needed, and White sees the same logic applying to the Marx cover question at hooker. The deeper thread running through his analysis is Erasmus's ability to motivate a squad that has everything to lose and still find another gear — something White argues needs to be bottled and replicated all the way to Australia.