Rassie Erasmus to scale back on experimenting for Rugby Championship
Erasmus said he was satisfied with the 55-10 result, but attributed a stop-start performance to having rotated the squad throughout the four-match series (including the non-Test match against Barbarians).
In the three matches since the opener against the invitational team in Cape Town, the Springbok selectors made 10, 15 and 16 personnel changes in successive weeks.
'We're fairly happy if you look over the four games,' said Erasmus.
'We scored close to 50 points in each match and apart from the first Italy Test defended pretty well.
'Georgia were physical and disruptive but that's not an excuse for us making so many errors, but I guess we must understand that if we chop and change teams like we have as we're building squad depth, you'll lose rhythm.
'We found that again in the last 20 minutes and we can be fairly happy with the scoreline although one can always do better.'
The Springboks now have a three-week break before the opening Test in the Rugby Championship with Erasmus indicating selection would be more consistent.
'We'll name 36 guys on Tuesday for the Australia series and within that squad there'll be one or two guys that we experiment with, but the bulk of that squad will be experienced players who are suited to the way we want to play,' he said.
'The nice thing is that we've got a group of 48 players or so that we've used this year and there's quite a couple that we'd also like to give opportunities to like Jaden (Hendrikse), Jordan (Hendrikse), Quan Horn, Renzo (du Plessis).
'But this was a series where we wanted to experiment a little bit so getting the scorelines we did is pretty satisfying. But the Rugby Championship is definitely a step up.'
It was the Springboks' second successive victory by a margin of 45 points – following the previous week's 45-0 win over Italy – and took the try tally to 22 in the three Incoming Series Tests with just four conceded.
Starting flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu missed four conversions from five attempts but Erasmus revealed that the player suffered a hip pointer injury in the warm-up.
'We weren't quite sure if we should push him through the game, but he wanted to play but that's not an excuse for the way he kicked at poles,' the Springbok coach said.
'He ran it out and we like guys that try things and not just play safe and he's certainly not of the guys that made the most errors.'
The Springboks return to action on 16 August at Ellis Park when they meet Australia in the Rugby Championship.
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