Scotland 15-32 South Africa: ‘We didn’t get the rub of the green’, says Gregor Townsend

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend tells BBC Scotland: “A lot of pride in the performance. I thought it was a brilliant Test match – hugely physical.

“We matched South Africa for a lot of the game and we were down to 14 for 20 minutes. I thought the team looked mentally strong.

“A couple of skill errors cost us and we didn’t get the rub of the green with decisions, clearly. South Africa then showed their power in the last 10 minutes.

“That effort in the second half was outstanding. To open up their defence at times and match their physicality. We will be frustrated because there were a couple of opportunities out there.

“We played one of our best games of the last few years today, and we pushed the world champions very close. There are areas we have to improve, but some of the defence today was world class. The effort that went in is all we want from a Scotland team.

“We know we could have executed better and had decisions go against us, but they deserved to win, South Africa.”