Bronze match ‘like kissing your sister’, says Heyneke Meyer

Heyneke Meyer may be in the minority when it comes to assessing the merits of bronze finals at the Rugby World Cup.

The South Africa coach, never one to hide his emotions if his reactions, was at his rawest on Saturday night in the wake of defeat to New Zealand in an epic semi-final at Twickenham.

So the prospect of sticking around in England for an extra seven days for a third-place playoff was anathema. “Mentally, it’s very tough. It does not mean anything to me. It is like kissing your sister,” Meyer spat.