Springboks star Handre Pollard opened up on the beef between South Africa and England.
The Springboks are set to face the English side as they continue on their journey to defend the title.
On the other side, England is going all out to try and avoid the humiliation of being knocked out by the Springboks again.
Previously, England had been knocked out in the final by the Sprinboks two times, and that must be painful.
With such a bad record against the Springboks, English fans have already shown how much they don’t like the Springboks.
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They had been all over social media expressing their frustration and desire to win against the Springboks.
There seemed to be a beef between the two teams, and the Springboks star Handre Pollard is aware of it.
In summary of his opinion, Handre Pollard did not hide anything or try to sugarcoat the relationship.
“If there’s beef, there’s beef.”
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HANDRE POLLARD OPENS UP ON SPRINGBOKS AND ENGLAND BEEF
The talented fly-half said that he was part of the Springboks side that lost in the semifinals, and he knows the feeling.
He said that with those previous losses, the English side would bring more intensity and physicality to the game.
“You could see on their faces four years ago, The disappointment; l have been part of a squad that’s fallen out in a World Cup semifinal,” he said.
“And it sits with you the rest of your life and many things, you look back and regret, and maybe thought you could have done differently,” he continued.
“And l’m sure they’ll come with that mindset this weekend. l think they’ll be ruthless, l think they’ll take their intensity and physicality to a whole new level.”
He continued saying that the Springboks are ready for that and can deal with the competition they will give.
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MZANSI REACTS
Many fans were excited after the Springboks fly-half Handre Pollard spoke of the beef between South Africa and England.
“You’ll be watching the beef from the bench mate.”
“South africa doesn’t play 80mins 😂 scrum, maul, HIA, repeat. Playing time 5 mins . 75mins moaning at ref.”
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“A lot of people writing off England already, Pollard and i’m assuming the whole SA squad have thought about it logically here and I respect that. I still think they’ll win but the occasion will definitely fire England up.”
“What England did to New Zealand in the previous world cup in the semi final was massive and admirable. Just hope they bring that intensity to the boks game as the springboks will come with the physicality and this is gonna be a great game of rugby 🔥🔥🔥👏🏽”
“As A proud Englishman everything in me wants to win this game but I really think this Boks side is one of their best ever and they are stronger in every area.”