Coach Rassie Erasmus has lauded his players for staying calm and cool under pressure in the Test against England at Twickenham.
Bok World Cup winners Grant Williams and Kurt-Lee Arendse express their thanks to the fans and show relief after a tight Test win against England. Picture: Juan Jose Gasparini/Gallo Images
That also saw captain Siya Kolisi have to come off in the 71st minute, with prop Wilco Louw going back on, so that the Boks didn’t go to uncontested scrums, which would have seen them reduced to 13-men. “So I think calm heads in the coaches box was important, but the players on the field were also cool, calm and handled it with experience.”As in their comfortable-looking 32-15 win over Scotland at Murrayfield a week earlier the scoreline did not tell the whole story, as although they beat England by more than a converted try, they were pushed to the limits throughout and it took a full squad effort to get over the line..
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