Springbok captain Siya Kolisi praised his team for opening their Rugby World Cup campaign with an 18-3 victory against Scotland but did not feel that he is fast becoming "one of the most important people in South Africa"
"I don’t see myself like that. I want to be a role model for my kids, my brother and sister. If I see myself as a giant it is not going to take me anywhere. Especially around the team, the team is far bigger than the individual."
"Credit to the coaches, whenever my head gets too big, they pop it for me. The players also tell me when I’m getting too big for myself. As a person, you have to be a human being before anything else."
"We come from a nation where you think of 'we' before 'I'. That makes it easy for me to keep grounded.”
"For me, it doesn't matter whether it is the World Cup or another game, to wear this jersey is amazing. We are playing for something far bigger than ourselves, for all the hard-working people back home who don't give up. That is where we get our energy from."