Strong performances from a host of players over the two matches in France will make selection for the Irish game interesting.
Springbok head coach Jacques Nienaber has already turned his sights on Ireland after the Boks crushed Romania 76-0 in their World Cup match in Bordeaux on Sunday afternoon. Picture: Alex Livesey/Getty Imageson Sunday straight behind them and immediately turned their focus to their massive next pool clash against world number one ranked Ireland in Paris this coming Saturday.over Romania in wet Bordeaux to make sure they head into the Irish match with plenty of momentum.
“It will be a good game to see who finishes one and two in the pool, but there are still games to play, so I don’t want to get too far ahead,” said Nienaber. If the Boks beat Ireland they will be heavy favourites to top pool B, which would see them take on the second placed side in pool A which looks likely to be the All Blacks after they lost to France in their opening match.
The Boks, however, have another injury concern heading into the Ireland match after Malcolm Marx was ruled out of the competition and it is touch and go whether Eben Etzebeth will recover in time from his shoulder injury.
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