Willemse: Credit to the forwards, they put in a hell of a shift

Damian Willemse was delighted to have got revenge for the Springboks humbling by the All Blacks in the Rugby Championship and says it gives his side huge confidence 16 days prior to their opening World Cup game against Scotland.
“It was a very good start for us, a great performance by the team,” said Willemse. “The defeat in Auckland hurt us a bit but we learned a lot of lessons from that.
“We have great outside backs and we have said we will back each other and play what we see in front of us. We are still far away from where we want to be but we are happy with that and we will take it forw...

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