Coaches Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber will be watching the northern showpiece in preparation for their Rugby World Cup 2023 battles.
It’s tempting to say that the teams, players and coaches should be judged at the World Cup in France rather than in the games and tournaments that precede it.
We’re still a good seven months out from the opening World Cup game, and yet the preparation phase is already under way. And thanks to the congested schedule – and the fact that top SA players play for the Boks and year-round in northern-hemisphere club tournaments – time is short.The Boks will play Scotland and Ireland in the World Cup pool phase, and possibly France, England and Wales in playoffs.
Regardless of personnel and pre-tournament form, England tend to lift themselves at World Cups. Wales will fly under the radar, but have a concrete reason to believe that they can beat the Boks in a one-off – having claimed an historic win in the second Test of the series staged in SA last year.
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