South Africa’s Victor Matfield: I’ve never known a dressing room so low as after Japan loss

The seasoned lock acknowledges what the Springboks got wrong in the Rugby World Cup against Japan and believes his team can learn and recover“We’re still a little depressed but we’ll get over it,” Victor Matfield says quietly as he describes the mood in South Africa’s squad while the rest of the rugby world continues to exult in Japan’s magnificent 34-32 victory over the Springboks. On a Monday evening in Birmingham, only 48 hours after South Africa suffered the most shocking defeat in their long history as a powerhouse of the game, and as two-time World Cup winners, it is striking that Matfie…