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They were also reduced to 13 men twice when winger Kurt-Lee Arendse and replacement full-back Quan Horn received yellow cards in the latter stages of the first and second halves respectively.

Despite that, Mannix believed it was a valuable learning experience for his charges and he is keen to take that learnings into future matches with Os Lobos after replacing Patrice Lagisquet as head coach at the start of the year.

‘Going to reflect a lot on the positives’
“I’m just going to reflect a lot on the positives, because this is game number two for me,” he said after the match. “I said to the players, this trip was about discovery, about us learning about each other, seeing what we could do.

“And gee, tonight we’re up against the world champions, and what a privilege to be here.

Mannix was impressed with the way his troops started the match and for the way they stayed in the fight but admitted that he knew that it was only a matter of time before the Boks took control of proceedings.

“I hope the players will remember that, because this was a historical event for us, and as well for South Africa,” he added.

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“And as the 15th ranked team in the world, coming to the number one ranked team in the world, for 10 minutes our guys showed we want to play, we’re going to try and get the ball to space, here’s what we can do.

“And we had the try ruled out, and the score would have come back to 22-14, with about 15 minutes to go to half-time.