Summing up the game

“Obviously we have to look at the breakdown, we didn’t get quality ball in the first half, in the second half I thought we got great ball.

“I thought the defence from both sides was awesome, the first half was a real battle out there, and although I am happy with our defence that last try was unacceptable.

“We have got high standards so obviously we want to improve on this but I thought it was a really tough Test match so we are happy to have pulled through.

“At some stages I really thought we played great rugby, we moved the ball around and I was happy with the result, but we butchered one or two tries and you need to finish those in Test match rugby.

“I think that this team has been so great from the start, they have got very high standards, so although there were some hard words they knew that they had to step up in the second half.”

What happened at half-time?
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Gauteng

Menlopark 34 – 47 Waterkloof
St Alban’s 22 – 19 St David’s
St Stithians 14 – 12 St Benedict’s
Garsfontein 80 – 10 John Vorster
Centurion 24 – 22 Eldoraigne

KwaZulu-Natal

Glenwood 16 – 16 Maritzburg College
Northwood 05 – 03 St Charles’s
Kearsney 20 – 03 Westville
Michaelhouse 24 – 14 DHS

Eastern Cape

Dale 31 – 08 Cambridge
Kingswood 34 – 15 Muir
Hudson Park 39 – 14 Port Rex
Queen’s 78 – 05 Stirling
St Andrew’s 16 – 08 Selborne

Western Cape

Wynberg 26 – 14 Bishops
Paarl Boys 20 – 10 Boland Landbou
De Kuilen 00 – 55 Paul Roos
Tygerberg 38 – 17 Rondebosch
SACS 13 – 28 Paarl Gym
Strand 26 – 27 Bellville