OPINION: Despite all the doom and gloom about loadshedding and interest hikes, South Africans were happy yesterday. Because when the Springbok rugby team is winning, the country is happy. 🏉 Read more here 👇
Siya Kolisi’s Springboks saved the best for last on their November rugby tour when they beat England 27-13 at Twickenham on Saturday night – their first win over their rivals at that ground in eight years.
The victory meant the Springboks finished their tour with two wins and two narrow losses, ensuring they finished 2022 with a record of eight wins and five losses. Saturday’s triumph over England was their second in successive weekends, following a win over Italy in Genoa last weekend, after starting their tour with losses against Ireland in Dublin and France in Marseille.
Jacques Nienaber’s Boks will probably regard the year as a success but, looking back,k will rue their missed chances. In 2022, it was only their losses against the All Blacks at Ellis Park – where they missed a wonderful chance to win twice in a row against New Zealand – and the Wallabies in Adelaide – probably their worst Test of the year – where they were outplayed.
The opening losses of their November tour against the Irish and French could so easily have gone the other way.We are just a little over nine months away from the World Cup in France. These last two results will give the Springboks the belief that they have a realistic chance of defending the title they won in Japan in 2019.
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