Jacques Nienaber is trying to focus on the internal pressure and not the noise from outside ahead of Saturday's Springbok clash against the Wallabies. | Sport24news
Nienaber has made eight changes to his starting line-up.
Expectations are always high from Springbok supporters, but the heat from back home has undoubtedly risen in temperature this week. , Nienaber was asked if he was starting to feel the pressure during his press conference in Sydney. "No coach can control the outside pressure. That will come, and it comes with the territory. If you start focusing on it, then you're focusing on the wrong things. We focus on the things we want to get right, and that is the pressure.
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