“They have a good squad, and there will be no complacency from our side”.
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“I did feel they were tiring in the second half”, Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw said.
“I thought we were outstanding for the duration”.
South African Josh Strauss should win his first cap for Scotland from the bench tomorrow just three days after qualifying for the Dark Blues through a controversial three-year residency rule. Watching everyone else play has been nerve-wracking for players.
Louw said that South Africa’s is to prove that they are still one of the leading rugby nations.
Scotland kicked off their World Cup campaign with a comprehensive 45-10 win over Japan in Gloucester today. “I’m just a silly rugby coach“.
“And also, they can only play as well as the opposition will let them”. They were starting to blow and we were putting them under pressure. Have we asked them information?
There was still time for Bennett to complete his brace by busting through some weak tackling, with fly-half Russell weaving his way over for the fifth Scotland try.
John Hardie needed stitches to a cut in his right ear, but otherwise Scotland appeared to emerge from the game with a clean bill of health.
However, Japan coach Eddie Jones refused to admit the Springbok game and the short turn around took too much out of them today.
At full-back Stuart Hogg will have been annoyed with himself when he dropped a regulation high ball in the first half, but his kicking from hand was pretty good and he had a couple of good breaks in the second half. “From minute one to minute 80, we have to realize we’ll be in a tough game”, he said.
“Watching everyone else play has been a little nerve-racking for the players, expecially when you see Japan’s performance last week against South Africa, there were a few nerves before the start of the game I’m sure”, Cotter said. “That’s a good start, we’re happy with the determination we showed”.
“It’s about what we do as a team”. So while we are nervous about the game we don’t feel any pressure.
“We have become an ordinary team”, former coach Jake White, who led the Boks to the world title in 2007, told French sports daily L’Equipe yesterday.
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“We need to be well connected and we cannot wait for a time when we assume something is going to happen because they are a team who will attack”. They move the ball quickly from zone to zone.
