Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says it was important to reclaim the Freedom Cup from New Zealand after their win in Cape Town.
The Bok boss said it was important to remember the All Blacks had beaten the Boks six times in a row before.Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus looked to play down his history making team after they clinched a fourth straight win over the All Blacks in their Rugby Championship game at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday night.in a match that they had to battle back from a halftime deficit, as they did the previous weekend at Ellis Park where they won 31-27.
“It was important for us to win four in a row, but they have beaten us six times in a row before so it isn’t something we must brag too much about,” said Erasmus after the match. “We put everything into winning the Freedom Cup, something that we didn’t play for in my era as a player, but the All Blacks have held onto for the last 15 years.”In the match the Boks got off to a slow start, just like in the previous game in Johannesburg, with them eventually heading into the halftime break 9-3 down.
But two tries, the first from captain Siya Kolisi in the 49th minute to take the lead, and the second from Malcolm Marx in the 73rd, which pushed them into a six point lead, helped them clinch a deserved victory in the end.
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