Springbok captain Siya Kolisi praised the South African mentality as his world champions ended their eight-year wait for a win over Wales
Long-awaited win: South African players celebrate a late penalty that sealed a 23-18 victory over Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.CARDIFF - in Cardiff with a 23-18 victory on Saturday.
This was South Africa's first win in five Tests against Wales in Cardiff, with the Springboks having edged a World Cup semi-final 19-16 in Japan when the teams last met two years ago. "But we work really hard and also I think it's just a South African thing. We come from a country where people just don't accept defeat."
"We know we've got 80 minutes. Whatever you do you can change someone's mood in a couple of minutes." "Our discipline was poor . It's something I thought we did well in the second half, we found solutions to that."
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