Romania failed to score a single point as South Africa showed their class
With this I say goodbye to you because I have to rush to do the post-match press.
Keep an eye on the proportion of the thread.
Thank you for joining me in this one-sided matter. Still, I enjoyed it. Let us hope that the Romanians have done so too.
So far. . .
Finally, Jacques Nienaber, the boss of the Boks:
I have an idea that, especially the few things we tried, the other 3 whores would have some visibility, Faf had some exposure to 10. A lot of the things we were looking to get out of the game, we did.
This team has been proud defensively. Very happy.
We have to enjoy [the victory]. Rugby is everything we enjoy and love. But knowing that we will have to wait six days [before Ireland], it will be controlled fun.
In the first 25 minutes of the Irish game and the 25 seconds of the first half, we can take some positives. You have to work on the breakdown.
We want to recover. We have free time for the World Cup and we paint hard for the match between Scotland and Tonga.
We kept it simple. We held it firm. All my respect for Romania. They have the ball and play with pride.
It is an honour and a privilege to constitute the Springboks. But it is never one person. We have no egos.
For us it is very important to play against the most productive groups in the world. We are a young team. It’s very difficult to play against a team like South Africa, which is physical. But we are here and we seek to make it as productive as possible.
Thanks to the South African support. We see each other all the time.
We knew it was going to rain. We talk about execution and physicality.
It’s good. I don’t put myself in charge of the team. It’s not about crossing the line of control. I appreciate the other guys who did really well.