Elton Jantjies is ready to rock the World Cup when the Springboks face Namibia on Saturday.
The flyhalf was not included in the matchday 23 as South Africa lost their tournament opener to the All Blacks at the weekend, but is expected to be one of a number of changes to the side for this weekend’s match.
And after watching his teammates go down, Jantjies believes there is nothing wrong with their plan. Instead, it’s execution that led them down.
He says: “What we need to improve are actually the things we are usually good at, like our kicking game, defence and aerial skills, all things that we have really developed a lot over the last two years.
“Instead of getting 6/10 we need to get 8/10 or 9/10.
“There were a lot of swings in that game against the All Blacks, a lot of ball possession and territory, but two aerial opportunities and they got the ball back, moved into space and scored tries.
“We had the same situations but we didn’t finish.”
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He adds: “We want to improve on our systems and keep growing as a team [in the tournament].
“We are working hard every single day on those small things and to make sure we improve on the things we are good at and not look at the negatives.”