Andy Farrell’s men are off to Paris next weekend for the huge Pool B meeting.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Stade de la Boujoire ALL ALONG, IRELAND’S clash with the Springboks has loomed over their World Cup campaign.
The reality is that the clashes with the Romanians and Tongans have been akin to warm-up matches and while Ireland have clearly warmed up well – last night’s 59-16 win over the latter made it 20 tries in two games – they’re going to have to go to a different level against the Boks.“It’s something that we’ve talked about quite a bit, obviously with the opponents that we knew we were going to face.
“Hopefully that rolls onto another level on the third week because, I mean, this is what World Cups are all about, weeks that are coming against the reigning world champions. Attempting to break down the Springboks’ oppressive defence is an intriguing challenge for Sexton and co. “We will face something similar to that. It’s good preparation. We took tonight’s game as a standalone, we wanted to give the Tongans the respect that they absolutely deserved because they are a very good team. It’s a good trial run for what’s ahead next week.”
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