By Laureus World Sports Academy Member and manager of 1995 South African World Cup winning team MORNÉ DU PLESSIS

I was very relieved that the Springboks won their first match in the Rugby World Cup, beating Wales 17-16, but my goodness it was close.

I thought the Welsh played really well, had a great game plan which they stuck to and we were only able to hang on to win thanks to some very experienced heads in our team.

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