Springbok prop Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira says Saturday's winner-takes-all series decider against Ireland will be a high pressure cup final battle where the margins for error will be small.
Locked at 1-1 in an evenly matched confrontation, Mtawarira and his pack will bid to soften their Irish counterparts in a bid to clinch the series at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
The burly crowd favourite, who will have the 43000-strong capacity crowd screaming "Beeeeast" whenever he grabs the ball, says it will be a hard-fought contest.
"This is a high pressure match and there will not be many opportunities, and we will have to take the ones that come our way," Mtawarira said after a training session in Port Elizabeth yesterday.
"Everyone is excited and there is a big buzz in the camp this week. The team would love to give coach Allister Coetzee a good start to his coaching career with the Springboks."
The powerful front rower said the Boks had worked hard on their scrumming technique under coach Matt Proudfoot yesterday.
"The Irish are a formidable side up front. As a team we have been improving and we scrummed well in Johannesburg [in the second Test last Saturday]."
Mtawarira expects tight battle against Ireland
Springbok prop Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira says Saturday's winner-takes-all series decider against Ireland will be a high pressure cup final battle where the margins for error will be small.
Locked at 1-1 in an evenly matched confrontation, Mtawarira and his pack will bid to soften their Irish counterparts in a bid to clinch the series at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
The burly crowd favourite, who will have the 43000-strong capacity crowd screaming "Beeeeast" whenever he grabs the ball, says it will be a hard-fought contest.
"This is a high pressure match and there will not be many opportunities, and we will have to take the ones that come our way," Mtawarira said after a training session in Port Elizabeth yesterday.
"Everyone is excited and there is a big buzz in the camp this week. The team would love to give coach Allister Coetzee a good start to his coaching career with the Springboks."
The powerful front rower said the Boks had worked hard on their scrumming technique under coach Matt Proudfoot yesterday.
"The Irish are a formidable side up front. As a team we have been improving and we scrummed well in Johannesburg [in the second Test last Saturday]."
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