As Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber prepares to leave the team, captain Siya Kolisi has shared another special tribute.
, winning the World Cup was simply a fairytale farewell for Jacques Nienaber, who is now leaving his position as head coach. will step down from his position as Springbok head coach after the World Cup campaign to further his career at Nienaber has been in charge of 39 Tests as head coach, with a win percentage of 68.
“Since then, it’s just been amazing how he used to motivate us in games. We grew up around him – me and Frans , Steven and Pieter-Steph . “We love you as a team, not as a coach, but as a person. You’ve taken it to another level. The way you speak to us – it’s not ‘make a big hit, make a tackle’, you talk to me as a person, as a father, a husband, as a son, it goes such a long way so thank you. We honour you as a team. All the best. They will be lucky too have you wherever you go.”‘It’s so special to be known as a person and not just and object or a rugby player’“I was 18 years old.
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