Jacques Nienaber admitted that the Springboks have left him and his coaches with plenty to consider after fighting back to beat Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
Nienaber’s men rebounded from a poor first half – when they trailed 10-3 at the break – to overpower Argentina in the second half and claim a 24-13 victory.
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In the final warm-up before Nienaber names the 33-player World Cup squad, the Boks fielded a team that had 13 changes from the starting lineup that beat Los Pumas by a single point in Johannesburg.
Speaking after the match, the Bok head coach admitted that there will be difficult decisions ahead in the next two days as he and his coaching staff finalise their selections for the global tournament in France.
“We have a tough team selection meeting coming up,” said Nienaber. “The players certainly put up their hands today.
“We gave 38 players a run in the last few weeks, and with the team set to play knock-out rugby from our opening game of the World Cup, it has set us in good stead.”
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Tries from Makazole Mapimpi and Canan Moodie in quick succession set the Boks on their way to victory, before Manie Libbok corrected his radar to slot three long-range penalties to seal the victory.
“This is an exceptional place to get a win,” said Nienaber.
“Argentina have been progressing well. They beat Australia and, last year, they defeated New Zealand, so we worked really hard to get our game in order and grind out the win, and we are pleased with the result.”
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