The Springboks will go into Sunday's Rugby World Cup opening game against Scotland in Marseille on an unnecessarily weird streak of having lost their last two tournament openers.
The Springboks will go into Sunday's Rugby World Cup opening game against Scotland in Marseille on an unnecessarily weird streak of having lost their last two tournament openers, but that's the least of coach Jacques Nienaber's concerns.
The Boks last won an opening game back on 11 September 2011 when they beat Wales 17-16 in Wellington, but then crashed out in the quarter-finals in New Zealand's capital city when they lost 11-9 against Australia on 9 October.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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