Jonny May's take on Saturday's Ellis Park Test cuts to the heart of what England face — and what they need to do about it. Speaking on The Good, The Bad and The Rugby podcast, May describes the Boks as deliberate bullies who seek physical and psychological dominance from the first whistle, citing the Mbonambi-Curry incident as a recent, pointed example. His argument isn't that this is a flaw — it's that it's a feature, and England need to accept it's coming and match it. May's own prescription, drawn from the 2023 World Cup semi-final, is that England's best results against South Africa have come when they've absorbed the physical pressure and got under the Boks' skin in return — winding them up, out-energising them, targeting key figures. He points to the 2016 Twickenham win and Eddie Jones's explicit instruction to target Etzebeth as evidence that England have, historically, been willing to play that game. The clear implication is that Borthwick's side — coming off a poor Six Nations — need to rediscover that combative edge to have any chance in Johannesburg.