Springboks’ defensive shape key to limiting Roigard’s potency, says Van den Berg

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2 : South Africa scrumhalf Morne van den Berg is relishing a match-up with New Zealand's Cam Roigard in the third Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry test in Johannesburg on Saturday as he backed the Springbok defensive system to keep the livewire number nine under wraps.The Springboks won the second test 33-26 in Cape Town to square the four-match series at 1-1, but Roigard was a constant thorn in their side and created several scoring opportunities as well as crossing for a try himself.It will be the same again on the Highveld in front of an expected crowd of over 87,000 at Soccer City in Soweto, and Van den Berg says nullifying the threat of Roigard will come from making sure he does not have front-foot ball at the breakdown.That means the Springbok forwards winning the contact