Asked on Monday in a Bok conference if the coaches have been working with Libbok on his time management of the shot-clock with his kicks, Erasmus told reporters: “I won’t take any credit with that. If somebody helped him it would be ‘Stokke’ [Mzwandile Stick].

“We know it’s a nice talking point and [kicking] wins games. Yes, it true. But tries also win games and the way we play is to try and score tries. I really think we have been attacking much better, like the country has asked us to do and the supporters are always wanting us to be more creative and not just have this kicking game.

“Libbok brings that to us. He certainly has worked hard with Pollard and maybe it’s Pollard who gave him a tip or two. I don’t think the shot clock was ever an issue with him and Libbok is a very interesting character when it comes to something like that.

“It doesn’t bother him for the rest of his game and that is something special to have. It would be nice to have him on the park for that general play, and if he is on song and fantastic with his kicking, but [have] somebody else who can back him up if he does have a bad day.”

On his confidence-boosting kicking performance against Tonga, as well as whether he practised alongside Pollard last week, Libbok added: “Pollard is a world-class player. I’ve learnt a lot from him, he helped me a lot in terms of the game itself. For me, it’s nice to work with him and learn from the best.

“I [previously] fell off my kicks, that’s why I pulled most of the kicks, I worked on that and I’m just happy that it came off.

“I kicked the same [against Tonga], I didn’t change anything in terms of speeding up my process.”