Germany soccer tracksuit<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cTheir defence was very good, and that\u2019s what won them the game.\u00a0They were very good on ground, and it\u2019s not just one player it\u2019s the whole team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey make your breakdown very slow and that was probably the one area: we just couldn\u2019t get quick ball at the rucks tonight and we couldn\u2019t play on the front foot so we didn\u2019t have any momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n
Losing momentum meant losing the game and suddenly the Springboks look a little vulnerable heading to Twickenham. Wet weather rugby is a different ball game to the thrilling spectacle that the Rugby Championship is capable of providing which will be a point reinforced by Heyneke Meyer now that his squad are paying attention after their \u2018wake-up call\u2019.<\/p>\n
Source: Inpho\/Billy Stickland<\/p>\n
One defeat, however, does not completely unravel a class team. Matfield has been around long enough to know that painful defeats can pave the way for glorious triumphs. And he needs only look back to the build-up to the last World Cup hosted in Europe (which, of course, South Africa won) for a little bit of consolation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2007 we had a big defeat at the end of year tour as well, against France,\u201d said Matfield, in reference to a 2006 10-point defeat to Les Bleus<\/em> in Cape Town.<\/p>\n\u201cThe next year we won the competition, so I think this is a wake-up call.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s one or two small little adjustments we need to do to our game, especially in these conditions, but hopefully we can learn from this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bowe and Ireland targeting hat-trick of Autumn wins after South African shakedownHere\u2019s our November Tests Team of the Week <\/p><\/div>\n
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