Ireland won the summit clash against South Africa (13-8) on Saturday evening at the Stade de France. To the great pride of their tens of thousands of supporters who made the Dyonisian enclosure tremble with their fervor and their uninterrupted chants.
“I had never seen an audience like this,” admitted the captain of the XV du Trèfle, Jonathan Sexton, after the intense fight. It’s incredible. We were carried, they pushed us. How many people came to see us play today? I don’t know how this can happen game after game. But we didn’t want to disappoint them…”
“Words fail me,” said Irish center Bundee Aki. Our supporters are incredible. I’ve never seen anything like it! It’s madness and it’s only going to get worse…” Fullback Hugo Keenan was also stunned by the support from the green-clad army. “The atmosphere was impressive. The Irish crowd is just incredible. When you see the number of people who made the effort to come to support us. They clearly made the difference in this match…”
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