Springboks legend Schalk Burger has backed the team to “bounce back” in their “next job” after Friday’s Nations Championship loss to France.

Burger, who was a pundit for SuperSport at the Stade de France, refused to be downhearted or critical of South Africa following the defeat.

Indeed, he expects them to learn a great deal from the 21-19 negative and respond strongly against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Should have won

“I think this team’s big enough to realise that they had the opportunities. Yes, I mean, we can’t look past certain things that went against them, but sometimes

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