Schalk Brits’ ironic comment about Ireland and the fight in the Ranking with the Springboks

Schalk Britschampion and bronze with South Africa in the World Cups 2019 and 2015 respectively, he ironized about Ireland occupying first place in the Ranking, without achieving access to the semifinals of the World Cup 2023. I experienced the best of rugby in Disney+.

El Trébol led the World Ranking during the run-up to the World Cup, but again fell halfway when they lost to the All Blacks by 28-24 for a place in the semifinals, not being able to overcome the curse of the quarterfinals. Despite having surpassed the Springboks In the group stage, it was the Africans who ended up establishing themselves in France.

Regarding this, the former hooker commented: ““People don’t remember every year who the number one team in the world is, but everyone remembers who wins the World Cup.”

And he added: “I would definitely prefer to win the World Cup. It must be terrible being Ireland – they were ranked number one but couldn’t even get a semi-final!“.

Finally, the former Saracens he remarked: “There are many evils in South Africa, but the Springboks can transform the country through their diversity. If they can make it work, by being made up of people from all walks of life, then we can make our country beautiful. Rassie (Erasmus) said we could show South Africa that we could work together, if our colour, religion or background were irrelevant, we could inspire the next Springbok in our community. “We would probably lose a much higher percentage of those one-point games if it weren’t for the fact that our ‘why’ is so well established: for us it’s not about rugby, it’s about giving hope to 65 million people.”.