With Arendse's red card against England still fresh, Moodie offers an honest defence of why backs keep getting caught out on intentional knock-on calls — it's not cynicism so much as pure reflex in situations where there's no time to think. Having spent time in the bin himself during the URC final, he's speaking from experience. On Saturday's test against Scotland at Loftus, Moodie flags their wide-game threat and the aerial battle as key contests, but backs the Boks' preparation and the internal competition — Kolbe, Arendse, Jaco Williams pushing each other daily — as reasons for confidence despite Erasmus naming a relatively inexperienced matchday group.
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Moodie on intentional knock-ons: instinct, milliseconds, and the fine margins of Test rugby
Moodie defends the rash of knock-on cards hitting Test backs, framing it as instinct under extreme time pressure rather than deliberate cynicism — and previews the aerial and wide-game battles Scotland will likely bring to Loftus on Saturday.
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