Rassie Erasmus stated he was “content material” with South Africa’s 29-20 win over England and hailed the efficiency of two-try hero Cheslin Kolbe.
The Springboks made it two from two in November with a hard-fought win over England at Twickenham. Erasmus stated afterwards it wasn’t an ideal efficiency, however they have been pleased with the nine-point victory as they outscored the hosts 4 tries to 2.
“We had profitable margin,” Erasmus stated. “So general it wasn’t incredible however we’re content material that we might beat them in the present day.”
Central to the win was the efficiency of Kolbe, who scored a attempt in both half. He was additionally distinctive in defence. Erasmus was reluctant to speak him up post-match, however was eager to focus on a few of his good work away from the 2 tries he scored.
“I am so nervous that I am jinxing it, and I carry on saying he is only a particular participant however it would not appear to go to his head,” Erasmus stated of Kolbe. “I believe that is most likely one of the essential issues on this planet, that stuff would not get to your head.
“I believe the workforce additionally helps him so much however one cannot reward him sufficient. It is not at all times the glamorous issues that he does. There’s loads of off the ball work that he actually does properly and yeah, we are able to simply be very lucky that we have now such crop of winners.”
When requested how they get on the best facet of those matches, Erasmus stated: “I undoubtedly assume it is expertise. I believe with the workforce that we put on the market has performed collectively so much in essential video games. I do assume calm heads, which we weren’t at all times within the coaches’ field, however the gamers on the sphere just about have been cool, calm and dealt with it.”
Siya Kolisi stated England will come good, and get by means of this poor run the place they’ve misplaced six of their final seven Checks.
“You see the way in which they performed, they made it laborious for us and we needed to dig deep and carry on going time and again and we have been by means of this sort of interval as properly. If you happen to quit you are by no means going to make it out of it,” Kolisi stated.
“You simply obtained to maintain on going. It is powerful, it is actually powerful. Nevertheless it actually helped us and pulled us collectively as a bunch and we have now sure targets and we attain these targets and that is what I stated earlier within the week, the motivation comes from inside.
“We do not search for exterior motivation as we’re enjoying for the folks again in our nation. It has been particular to see so many South Africans come out and help us right here. So yeah, it will come proper for them so long as they only carry on going.”
