Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said during a media interview that the Springboks are comfortable with the tackle height laws which have become the major source for yellow and red cards being issued, and are expected to decide the outcome of matches at the 2023 World Cup.
South Africa had been paying attention to tackle heights well before they came an issue for England in their warm-up programme, and Kolisi had no issue with the way the laws were applied.
"We train over and over with our technique. Rugby is played at a certain height now, with the mauling, scrumming, breakdown and tackle.
"We can be as physical as we are because we have trained for it over and over, and the muscle memory is on it. It is uncomfortable down there, and it is not nice when someone so big is running at you, and you have to get down low.
"That is why you have to learn how to meet them and react to a level of change and all those types of things. It takes a lot of hard work.
"World Rugby is trying to protect us by keeping the game clean, so we are fine when we are done playing."
