Springbok prop Ox Nche was absolutely in his element on Saturday night and produced a man-of-the-match performance, but still ended up on the losing side as Ireland clinched a thrilling 25-24 win over the hosts in the second Test at Kings Park.
Nche was immense, absolutely decimating the Irish scrum, tackled like a machine and carried the ball like a champ in an action packed showing, but was incredibly unfortunate to see his team go down to a drop goal after the fulltime hooter.
It meant the series between the top two ranked teams in World Rugby would be shared at one-all after the Boks triumphed in the opener at Loftus, but Nche admitted that they still had plenty of work to do going into the rest of the international season.
It is disappointing. The boys gave it their all, but there were a few small things that might have cost us the game. We still have a long way to go and plenty to work on going forward, said Nche after the match.
I think we should have backed ourselves with the ball more, instead of kicking a lot of possession away. I think thats where we lost it.
