France winger Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang spoke to Planet Rugby after France’s 21-19 victory over the Springboks at the Stade de France on Friday evening.
The rookie Les Bleus speedster reflected on the physical toll, the aerial duel with Ethan Hooker and coming into the fixture without any scar tissue.
Bruising clash with the Springboks
Grandidier-Nkanang came out of the Stade de France “a bit chewed up”, as he put it, with plenty of bruises and knocks from a night against the world champions, but mostly with “enormous pride, joy and a feeling of madness”.
“Honestly, it was an incredible night,” he said,
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