Uruguay coach Diego Ormaechea on South Africa's dominance:
"It was very difficult defending the whole game. Congratulations to South Africa, they dominated on the field."
"I congratulate South Africa for now and for the rest of the World Cup."
Captain Diego Aguirre on the game:
"Yes, it was very hard for us. We tried to do our best and the hardest that we could."
"We kept the pace on, we are a fit side. They (the South African team) tried to keep the ball but it was thrown away a few times. One or two mistakes, but a good opener and we look forward to the rest of the World Cup."
On the forwards:
"The forwards in the first half were very good and then it got a bit harder later."
On the contest for the back line:
"Yes it was very difficult. We can't get the ball to the wingers."
South Africa coach Rudolf Straeuli on the game:
"We wanted to play the game. Twelve tries - I think the crowd enjoyed it and South Africa is here to play rugby."
Stand in captain Joost van der Westhuizen on the game:
"We wanted to play to our game plan, get through the first game with a good structure and better discipline. That's what we did."
On his hat-trick:
"It's good for my country and and it's good for my team, you can see the boys enjoyed it out there."
On next week's match with England:
"We've still got a lot of work to do for next week, but we're in the World Cup now."
On the new players and combinations in the team:
"We wanted to use all our combinations, we did that even in the second half and things paid off. We still need to sharpen up a bit."