There is no doubt that sport has the power to unite a nation, but at the same time can dampen the mood if national teams don’t perform.

In this episode of Beyond the Touchline, Michael Pedro and Ahmed Kajee take a look at the responsibility that Springbok players such Handre Pollard and Herschel Jantjies feel when they don the Green and Gold and why the performance of the Springboks in particular has such an influence on the mood in the country.