South African view: Boks show respect to their principles regardless of what the world thinks

LAST WORD: South Africa captain Siya Kolisi lifts the trophy after South Africa’s series victory over the Lions at the Cape Town Stadium. Picture: Steve Haag

The British & Irish Lions will rightly rue several missed chances in the first half of the third Test to win the series against the Springboks but there is no denying this was a mighty effort from the world champions who started at a huge disadvantage.

The Boks might have been playing at home, but with no crowd, that equalised the ledger on that score. When the Lions arrived in late June, the Boks had played one Test in 20 months since winning the World Cup.