Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber poured cold water on any thoughts that he and his troops were keeping tabs on Ireland while concurrently focusing on dealing with Sunday's less strenuous assignment against Romania in Bordeaux.
The comprehensive 76-0 scoreline - naturally suggesting a mismatch in playing resources - indeed attested to that as a much-changed, somewhat experimental combination dealt with the task at hand as they should've, in the process avoiding any"disrespect" to their opponents and themselves.
"We went into this match with the mindset that the relevant players needed to be as well prepared to perform in this game as they could, in order for them to stake a claim for next week. Try-thirsty Springboks put Romania to the sword as experiments pay off "If it's Italy, if it's France, New Zealand, it's going to be a tough quarter-final, it doesn't matter who we play. We don't determine that, we can only play and prepare as well as we can for the next game."Ireland's ominous form in the tournament to date, however, will not have gone unnoticed.
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