The Springboks will have to put aside a difficult week from an injury perspective and make sure the Romania game in Bordeaux on Sunday doesn't become an unnecessary molehill.
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The Springboks are giving Sunday's second Pool B game against Romania at the Stade de Bordeaux the same level of gravity and respect they'd accord to any other opponent. The sides meet for the first time since a surprisingly doughty tussle at Newlands in the 1995 World Cup and the Boks evidently didn't want any form of intelligence leaking as they kept their training sessions closed, the grounds being cordoned off from prying eyes.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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