Jacques Nienaber says he cannot explain why the Springboks could not match the Wallabies.
Jacques Nienaber has admitted he can’t explain why the Springboks started poorly and did not capitalise on their opportunities in the first half against the Wallabies, but would not be drawn to comment on Faf de Klerk’s yellow card.The 25-17 defeat meant the Springboks failed to beat the Wallabies in Australia for the sixth straight game and it was Australia’s third consecutive Test win over South Africa, after back-to-back victories at home last year.
Wallabies scrumhalf White did his best to exaggerate the incident with antics that belonged on a football field, but it was enough to convince referee Paul Williams to send De Klerk to the sin bin. “We can only look at ourselves. We can’t control anything other than what we can control. We will only look at ourselves.”
“I thought we as the coaches could have been more clinical and clear with messages coming from on top. Tonight, I am not sure and will have to have a look it. When we went down to 14, they put us under pressure, but when they were 14 men, we struggled to put the ball into the space where that winger would have been.
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