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Asked if discipline could be a deciding factor this weekend, Kolisi (above) said they had been working hard on their tackling in particular.<\/p>\n
“We want to play with 15 men,” he told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve been working really hard on all the controllables, level changing, wrapping, doing that over and over.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re an aggressive team, and we can\u2019t take that away, which is why we work so hard to make sure we stay on the field.”<\/p>\n
Kolisi knows his side will have to be at their best to win in Dublin for the first time since 2012.<\/p>\n
“Ireland are a really good team and we have struggled for many years in terms of winning here. We\u2019re going to need everybody. It\u2019s all about taking opportunities,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The games we\u2019ve lost (against them) by one or two points or three points, we\u2019ve had chances at the end and didn\u2019t take them. We\u2019ve learned a lot and worked really hard this week.”<\/p>\n
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\nLeinster’s RG Snyman hits a half century on Saturday<\/p>\n
Kolisi also praised Leinster lock RG Snyman, who will earn a 50th Springbok cap this weekend.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m really happy for him,” he said.<\/p>\n
“With everything he\u2019s been through (injuries), he could have given up any time. Credit to the unions who stuck with him.<\/p>\n
“Even when he wasn\u2019t with the group, he was messaging us, supporting us.<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s one of the most talented guys in the squad. A big human being, hard to put down, and the way he offloads \u2026 we allow him to be who he is.<\/p>\n
“He knows the team comes first, and that\u2019s what makes this team special.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m happy for him and his family, and hopefully we can make it special for him.”<\/p>\n
Listen to the RT\u00c9 Rugby podcast on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a> or wherever you get your podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n Watch Ireland v South Africa in the Quilter Nations Series on Saturday from 4.30pm on RT\u00c92 and the RT\u00c9 Player. Follow a live blog on the RT\u00c9 News App and on rte.ie\/sport. Listen to live commentary on RT\u00c9 Radio 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Africa captain Siya Kolisi wants his side to maintain their physical presence when they take on Ireland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-152884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}