‘We can’t be down’: Siya Kolisi defiant despite South Africa’s defeat by Ireland

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Siya Kolisi did not have much to smile after South Africa lost to Ireland on Saturday night, but he couldn’t help but break out in laughter when he was asked whether his team could still win the World Cup.

“For sure,” said the head coach Jacques Nienaber. Both he and Kolisi were part of the team that did exactly that in 2019, when they lost to New Zealand in the pool stage. “A lot of us were here in the last World Cup and we know that the quicker you get over it the better it is for the group,” Kolisi said. “So that’s what we’re going to do.

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