'It doesn't get bigger than this' - Springboks coach Stick on France quarter-final
The defending champions meet the tournament hosts in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup
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00:00 It doesn't get bigger than this.
00:03 Like I said earlier on, we're playing against France and we know at the moment they're also in a good space as a team.
00:11 They've won all their games. They had a big game against the All Blacks when they first came off the group stages and they did very, very well in that game.
00:19 The nice thing about us is we've been in this position before, even in Japan, going back to 2019.
00:25 It was the same thing we had to go through in Japan with all their supporters.
00:30 Unfortunately, it's the nature of the game. You have to go through sometimes, when you talk about the World Cups, you have to go through the tough ones.
00:39 The thing is, for us as a team, at least we've got a good reference point. We've been there before.
00:44 More especially, also, you look at in 2019, losing against the All Blacks.
00:48 And then every game that we played, it was like a final.
00:51 So I think we're in the same boat, mental-wise. Every game that we play now, we can't afford not to capitalise on the opportunities that we're going to create.
01:00 And in the play-off games, it's going to be probably tomorrow, it's going to be a tight game.
01:06 But I think the team will probably convert into points the opportunities they get. They'll get a good chance to win the game.
01:12 I think we're well prepared. We're well prepared.
01:15 But we'll see tomorrow. But once again, it doesn't get bigger than this.