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Irish hopes of what would have been a historic first series win on South African soil are already over but Easterby still anticipates a reaction from the Six Nations winners on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“When you put in a performance that doesn’t match the levels the lads have put in across the last couple of seasons, then there is clearly disappointment,” he added.<\/p>\n
“There is no better group to take responsibility for that, to get a second opportunity this weekend.”<\/p>\n
Ireland struggled during the first half last weekend, giving up a try after only three minutes when the ball was quickly worked out wide to Kurt-Lee Arendse.<\/p>\n
“They put the ball into space, which we anticipated, but we didn’t deal with that as well as we should have done,” Easterby said.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes a team will find a way to get into space, we didn’t shut that down in the way that we would normally do.<\/p>\n
“There are plenty of fixes for that but, essentially, we have to be better on both sides of the ball, especially in the first half.<\/p>\n
“As the game went on we grew massively into the game and we finished strongly. We will take a lot of confidence from that.”<\/p>\n
Ireland will name their team on Thursday afternoon with Rassie Erasmus having already confirmed he will field an unchanged squad for the game.<\/p>\n
“That’s obviously a vote of confidence after their victory and it’s not unusual I guess,” said Easterby. <\/p>\n
“It gives those guys a chance to back up with another performance.<\/p>\n
“We expected a similar type of team and they’ve gone with the same 23, which probably makes it a little easier previewing them because we know a lot of their individuals and we\u2019re aware of a lot of strengths in their team.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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