Rugby World Cup: “Scotland is not 5th in the world for nothing”, greets the South African coach

Jacques Nienaber (South Africa coach, after the 18-3 victory against Scotland): “The match could have gone badly. Scotland are not fifth in the world for nothing. We had already seen it during the preparation, how she had shaken up France. They’re a tough team to beat. We had a slight upper hand in the first half, but she held off on us for a long time. We had to work hard to achieve victory. Rugby is not a very complicated sport when your forwards dominate. They open up spaces in which the backs can work their magic. We don’t want to think about Ireland (in the same group) yet. For the moment we are focusing on Romania (next opponent) and only Romania.”