This weekend’s clash in Paris is one of the most eagerly-anticipated pool games in a long time.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Tours WHEN IRELAND THINK back to last November against the Springboks, it’s the missed chances that come to mind as much as the victory.
Their game plan is going to be fascinating this Saturday in Paris as they meet the Boks in the crucial Pool B fixture. Ireland’s contingent from Munster know the Springboks coaching staff of Rassie Erasmus, Jacques Nienaber, and Felix Jones well from the past, but that counts for little now given the South Africans’ ability to constantly tweak things.Nienaber is their defensive mastermind and even though elements of his system are well known, it’s never straightforward playing against it.
“They are playing a great brand of rugby at the moment,” says Ireland attack coach Mike Catt. “There is a real good mix of their physicality and their directness to their ability to move the ball.
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