Jacques Nienaber says national pride spurred South Africa on to win the 2023 Rugby World Cup
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00:00 "Relief is probably the first word that comes to mind. Relief in the sense of the special
00:07 group of players that we have. As a management and leadership group we always thought that
00:15 we just can't mess this up because we from 2018 thought that the ability to win the 2023
00:24 World Cup in 2019 was something that probably helped along the way. I wish I could show
00:34 you the amount of messages and videos and what was going on in South Africa. I think
00:41 there were 62 million people that united from small farming communities opening up show
00:47 grounds that people from all walks of life could go in and the entrance fee was whatever
00:55 you wanted to donate. People bought green t-shirts for everyone. We felt every single
01:05 little bit of energy they gave us and I think in the last three games with three one point
01:10 victories we needed that and that drove us."