Despite Scotland and Ireland starting their Six Nations campaigns on the front foot, Nick Mallett believes the Springboks will be able to beat both at the upcoming World Cup.
Ireland kicked the 2023 Six Nations off by claiming a bonus-point victory with a dominant performance against Scotland in Dublin. This was followed up by Scotland snatching a last-gasp victory over England, thanks to the second of Duhan van der Merwe’s tries in the last 10 minutes of the match.
“The Boks have Scotland as their opening game and then Ireland two weeks later, and both of those fixtures provide possible stumbling blocks. It really is a tough pool. “The Bok game plan is based around set-piece dominance and territory as well as a suffocating defence. If Scotland decide to throw the ball around against the Boks, like they did against England, I don’t think they will get the same rewards and I don’t think we need to be concerned.
“They will look at Ireland and France as their most successful candidates for that, and the Boks have to play against them both.
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