Despite clinching the Greatest Rivalry series 3-1, Erasmus was firmly resistant to the idea that the result reflected a meaningful gap between the Boks and All Blacks. He pointed to the scoreboard as the only honest measure — noting the game was still in the balance at the 60-minute mark and genuinely uncertain until the final 11 minutes. The piece also draws out Erasmus's clearest public articulation yet of his squad rotation philosophy: the high-turnover approach in tournaments like the Nations Championship is a deliberate system for blooding younger players alongside experienced heads, not a devaluing of the jersey. The RGR series, by contrast, was handled with a much steadier line-up (average age 31), which he frames as a conscious calibration based on what series rugby demands. For supporters trying to read how Erasmus is managing the squad's physical load and depth-building heading into the Nations Championship's European leg, this is a useful window into his thinking.