South Africa proved they are head and shoulders above the rest but there are positives to take from this Autumn Nations Series
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell and (left) South Africa’s Rassie Erasmus at the Aviva Stadium last weekend. Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
As Ireland’s November series closes, winning two out of four games will have fallen below expectations.
This team has set a high bar, and that is how they will want to be judged. However, South Africa are head and shoulders above us and the rest as the number one team in the world, and it showed again on Saturday.