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Senior coach Jacques Nienaber during a Leinster Rugby squad training at UCD in Dublin. (Photo By Sam Barnes\/Sportsfile via Getty Images) https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/its-common-knowledge-jacques-nienaber-clarifies-recent-bok-remarks\/ <\/p>\n
Jacques Nienaber has moved to shut down speculation linking him with a return to the Springboks, insisting comments made in a recent SuperSport interview were taken out of context.<\/p>\n
The Leinster<\/a> coach spoke recently to the South African broadcaster and remarks regarding missing the Springboks had been taken by many as an indication that the Rugby World Cup<\/a> winning coach may be an eyeing a return to the Bok fold.<\/p>\n Nienaber has now poured a certain amount of cold water on that particular braai.<\/p>\n \u201cThe whole interview was about my time in Leinster,\u201d he said. \u201cDo yourself the trouble of listening to the whole interview and you\u2019ll see the whole context,\u201d Nienaber told RTE<\/a>.<\/p>\n He said the viral line about missing the Springboks had been lifted from a wider answer.<\/p>\n \u201cThen I said that it\u2019s not to say that because I enjoy Leinster that I don\u2019t enjoy South Africa<\/a> or I don\u2019t love the Springboks. I still love the Springboks and I enjoyed my time there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t sound like because I enjoy it here, I dislike what I did there. That was the whole thing, that was the comment,\u201d he added. \u201cI get used to it now, people just taking the \u2018I really love the Springboks\u2019 line and they just go onto that.\u201d<\/p>\n Nienaber emphasised he is settled in Dublin.<\/p>\n