Handré Pollard

“To play against quality opposition in this atmosphere at Loftus is pretty incredible (for them).”

“That’s what we do. This was a great experience for a lot of guys who haven’t played a lot of Test matches.”

“It does (inexperience) impact the team. But that is just how things work in this team. We slot in, try new combinations, and build squad depth,”

“Defensively we were pretty disappointing in those periods (in the second and fourth quarters), so that is a big work-on for us, but we are still happy with the result.”

“We let them back in which was disappointing, but we got through it. They are a quality side and really good with ball in hand.”

“They had us under the pump at big periods of the game, but I thought we showed a lot of character, particularly in that third quarter,”