Ledesma praises Springboks' physicality

Following Los Pumas 34-21 defeat to the Springboks on Saturday, Argentina head coach Mario Ledesma was asked what they needed to do to stop the dominant Springbok pack.

"I don't know ... maybe if they get sick or something," Ledesma said.

After taking control of the national side for the first time Ledesma praised the Springboks as the most physical side in the world.

"They are one of the best teams in the world and the most physical team in the world by far," he said.

"We knew that they were targeting us in the rucks. They were playing Louw, Kolisi and Marx and they are all world class over the ball. We knew what was coming but we couldn't handle some of it.

"It's really difficult to defend like that. I thought our defence was pretty good, but when you don't have the ball it's difficult.

"When you have one of the biggest and toughest packs around, it's a hard job to stop it but we will try next weekend."

Quotes via: sport24.co.za