But it also bought Jones - a horses-for-courses selector, as he reminded us again today - more time to assess what was required from his starting XV and replacements" bench.
Kepha iphinde yathenga uJones - okhetha ukukhetha amahhashi, njengoba esikhumbuze futhi namhlanje - isikhathi esithe xaxa sokuhlola obekudingeka ebhentshini lakhe lokuqala kanye nelizongena esikhundleni.