3:36pm, 02 October 2021 <\/p>\n
By Rugby Onslaught<\/p>\n
It should have been a moment of joy yet it turned ugly rapidly. This was mean-spirited from Springboks wing Makazole Mapimpi who finished off a pretty decent South African try-scoring effort in the second half. <\/p>\n
Sadly he ruined it with his toxic reaction to the try, apparently giving innocent Jordie Barrett some verbals into his facial plate. Sad beyond tears and regret. <\/p>\n
The Bully Boks of course went on to win the game, but how history will view Mapimpis action remains unclear. <\/p>\n
Jacques strangely didnt even mention the incident in the post-match presser. <\/p>\n
When the top three sides in the world play each other, you expect close margins, said Nienaber.<\/p>\n
We were 20 seconds away from winning in that first game against Australia and two minutes away from victory against New Zealand last weekend.<\/p>\n
This time around, we got the crucial points in the last play of the match, that is how tight it was. There was a lot of noise from the outside and some justified critical comments amongst that.<\/p>\n
But the players never stopped working hard, going through the processes, doing the reviews, making new plans. So, I am pretty pleased for them.<\/p>\n
Nienaber applauded the other teams in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship: This is such a great competition to play in and we are so happy to be back playing it, after we lost out in 2020.<\/p>\n
The different playing styles and mentalities from our SANZAAR opponents makes every match a challenging one.<\/p>\n
Everyone brings a different risk appetite to the game. It is great for us to play these pressure cooker games as it gives you good exposure to what you can expect in a Rugby World Cup. There are good learnings in there, Nienaber added.<\/p>\n
The Bok coach admitted that one of those learnings a better use of his substitutes made a difference in victory over the All Blacks.<\/p>\n
Nienaber replaced the whole front row after 38 minutes and started the second half with Frans Steyn at fullback. He also gave Elton Jantjies a solid run with the left-footer rewarding him with well-taken drop goal his first in green and gold and the match-winning penalty goal.<\/p>\n
As I mentioned last week, I wanted to use Elton, but then had the injury to Marco van Staden which prevented that as we might have finished the game with 14 players [if Van Stadens injury worsened], said Nienaber.<\/p>\n
This time I decided to use them much earlier and I think we were doing much better today in that regard.<\/p>\n
Elton was awesome when he came on, and Frans Steyn was brilliant. Willie did some good things, and did make some mistakes, but I wanted to bring in Frans for the 50\/22 kicks. He trained well with us and did very well when called upon.<\/p>\n
Nienaber also explained why he replaced the front row before the halftime whistle.<\/p>\n
We see them as a combination and the minutes played will never be the same. The moment we felt the first group has done their job; we will bring on the second group, he said.<\/p>\n
Today they emptied their tanks after 38 minutes and I replaced them when they did their job. After last week, I decided we should make use of our subs and I thought they were all excellent tonight.<\/p>\n
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