Prop admits defeats against All Blacks and Wallabies were bitter pills to swallow
Lukhanyo Am of the Springboks breaks away from Tate McDermott of the Wallabies and Taniela Tupou of the Wallabies during The Rugby Championship match at Adelaide Oval on August 27 2022 in Australia. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/SARAH REED
The Wallabies have become a hoodoo team for the Boks, who lasted tasted success on Australian soil in Brisbane in 2013. In the Adelaide Test, a decision to yellow-card Bok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk for brushing his fingers in the face of opposite number Nic White incensed Bok fans. They were unhappy with the theatrics of White who grabbed his face and fell to the ground after the incident.
“It all comes down to ref interpretation, the way the ARs [assistant referees] are seeing the way the game has panned out and the stakes that are involved. “As players, we are very disappointed with back-to-back losses,” he said. “But I believe it is all in our control and this team has got the capability, talent and experience to be world beaters.
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