Boks ‘must be special to beat Ireland’

IT WILL take a very special team to beat Ireland at Lansdowne Road — and that’s what South Africa want to be, according to newly appointed Springbok team manager Zola Yeye.

Tue, 07 Nov, 2006 - 00:00

Colm O’Connor

The Boks meet the Irish in Dublin on Saturday, keen to learn the lessons of their last visit to Lansdowne Road where they lost 17-11 in 2004.

“The last time we were here we were complacent,” Yeye said of a visit in which Bok coach Jake White infamously dismissed the Irish challenge.

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Courts Rugby Place: Lansdowne Road Place: Dublin Place: France Place: South Africa Person: Zola Yeye Person: Yeye Person: Jake White Person: White Person: Jake Howard Event: World Cup Organisation: Boks Organisation: Ireland Organisation: South Africa Organisation: Springbok Organisation: Bok Organisation: Springboks

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