South Africa scrum coach heaps more praise on Ireland

South Africa scrum coach Matt Proudfoot continued where his boss left off by heaping praise on Ireland yesterday.

Springbok coach Allister Coetzee spent much of Monday’s press conference talking up Joe Schmidt’s men and his assistant was operating from a similar playbook when facing the media 24 hours later in Dublin.

South Africa meet Ireland on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium in the first of four Test matches that also include France in Paris, Italy in Padova and Wales in Cardiff.