After a string of bad results, Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber insists he is not under pressure despite coming under fire from the local rugby fraternity.
After two back-to-back defeats to New Zealand and Australia in the Rugby Championship, the Boks return to action on Saturday when they take on the Wallabies in Sydney. Kickoff in the Allianz Stadium is 11.35am.
"If you lose two games, there's always going to be external pressure on you. The key thing for me as a coach is to focus on the pressure we can control, and that's internal pressure," said Nienaber. "The pressure is to try and get solutions for the next game, it's not the pressure from outside," he said.
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