Erasmus is deliberately side-stepping the furore around Argentina's seven-card meltdown against England, framing it as an anomaly rather than a character trait. His view of Los Pumas — hard, physical, but never unsportsmanlike — hasn't shifted, and he has no interest in using their recent controversy as a tactical talking point. The real focus is the Buenos Aires assignment itself, which Erasmus treats with genuine respect: he's reminded anyone tempted to look past Argentina that the Boks have been handed their worst hiding of his tenure on Argentine soil. Complicating preparation further is a Contepomi squad carrying 10 uncapped or unfamiliar faces, making it harder than usual to model what Argentina will look like. Erasmus also draws an interesting contrast in squad-building conditions — acknowledging that Argentina's Europe-scattered player base makes cohesion far harder to build than South Africa's more centralised domestic pipeline allows.