Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has admitted that the 19-17 defeat to New Zealand in the landmark 100th Test match between the two nations in Queensland on Saturday is difficult to stomach and hurts.
The match lived up to its premium billing with the two most successful rugby nations going at each other in what turned out to be a high tempo and close encounter that produced only two tries."When the number one and number two teams in the world play each other, there are always going to be small margins, and recent results since 2018 have showed that as well.
Captain Siya Kolisi echoed Nienaber's sentiments and said the defeat was very painful as they strongly believed that they would beat New Zealand. "We wanted to do what we know and do it properly, and we did that well. It was what we expected from the All Blacks, but we coped with it.
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