Paul de Villiers believes South Africa’s defeat to Australia would be used as inspiration to come back fighting when their Nations Championship campaign resumes in November.
After clinching a 3-1 triumph over the All Blacks in Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series, Springboks boss Rassie Erasmus made 13 changes to his starting line-up for their one-off Test against the Wallabies.
Those alterations were made to build depth and experience in Erasmus‘ squad ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia. However, things did not go according to plan and South Africa eventually suffered a shock 42-38 defeat at the Optus Stadium in
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