Jeff Wilson is among the converts to the Nations Championship format, and his reasoning is worth noting from a Springbok angle. His central point is that bonus points and points differential now carry the same weight as results — which is exactly why the Boks named their strongest available side against Italy rather than rotating. Wilson explicitly flags that South Africa putting a big score on Italy early could pile pressure on New Zealand, reshaping the All Blacks' approach to their own remaining fixtures. It's a rare moment of cross-hemisphere alignment on what good international rugby structure looks like. The piece also covers Rennie's rotation dilemma for the Wales match, but the Bok-relevant thread is the acknowledgment that Erasmus's selection aggression is the tactically correct read of how this competition works.