Wallabies' Max Jorgensen pumped to face ‘bloody good' Springboks
'All the boys are pretty pumped after our last win against the [British & Irish] Lions, we've built a bit of confidence there,' Jorgensen said ahead of the team's departure for South Africa.
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'But South Africa are a bloody good team so we've got to really take it to them, bring the physicality and hopefully come out with a win.'
Jorgensen warned against reading too much into that morale-boosting victory over the Lions.
'We've got to stick to the process. We've got to keep building the days. We're still building, we're still a work in progress – we're not perfect. We've got to take the learnings from our last game and keep building into that, building into South Africa and all through the Rugby Championship.'
For Jorgensen, the Boks represent the ultimate test.
'It's who you want to play against,' he said.
'You don't want to play against the lower tier nations. You really want to play against those high tier nations with strong players, strong teams because it really challenges you as a team and as a player personally.'
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