MOTM Damian Willemse speaks

A much-changed Springbok team, playing with 14 men for almost 70 minutes, delivered a performance for the ages in extreme adversity with a brilliant 32-14 (halftime 10-3)Autumn Nations Series victory over Italy in Turin. Man of the match Damian Willemse spoke to the media at the end of the match, see below:

“I’ll be taking credit for Player of the Match, but it was a full team effort” 🤝

Damian Willemse reflects on another standout South Africa display despite going down to 14 men 🗣️

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