The South African coach Rassie Erasmus was asked if Ireland are the best team in the world, despite the Springboks winning the Rugby World Cup, less than six months ago ..
He said the following;
We don’t really listen to what other people are saying.
We try to stay in own reality, which is the waarheid (trueness), you know sometimes we can have our own reality and not also be as honest with ourselves and to be much better or much worse than we are
If other people think that Englands the best or Irelands the best it can’t make a difference with the way we prepare, the way we select our team, the way we operate, the way we represent this country and the love we have for the Springbok, so things like that you hear it but it’s not something we write down in a notebook and discuss later.
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