Boks back lightning halfbacks to strike France
Jacques Nienaber said he believed his surprise starting halfbacks of Manie Libbok and Cobus Reinach are the best men for orchestrating the defeat of hosts France in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final.
Jacques Nienaber said he believed his surprise starting halfbacks of Manie Libbok and Cobus Reinach are the best men for orchestrating the defeat of hosts France in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final.
Siya Kolisi says the Springboks can’t afford to get caught up with worrying about their discipline when they face France in the World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.
Antoine Dupont will captain France in his first appearance since undergoing surgery on a fractured cheekbone in the World Cup quarter-final against the Springboks.
Jacques Nienaber expressed his confidence with his lineup for Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final after picking 15 players who featured in the 2019 final.
Manie Libbok will start at flyhalf in a new-look halfback combination as the Springboks opted for three backline replacements for the World Cup quarter-final against France on Sunday.
Wales play Argentina in Marseille on Saturday with a place in the World Cup semi-final at stake, a position few thought Warren Gatland’s Welsh side would be in after a year of turmoil.
The sharpest image of the 2019 World Cup is that of a triumphant Siya Kolisi, the first black player to captain South Africa in a Test, lifting the Webb Ellis trophy after the win over England in Yokohama.
Ireland will seek to at last break through their World Cup glass ceiling by beating New Zealand to reach the semi-finals for the first time on Saturday.
Jac Morgan has been pivotal to Wales’ advance into the World Cup quarter-finals, leading from the front in a number of outstanding performances that have seen him dubbed his country’s very own Antoine Dupont.
France’s talismanic captain Antoine Dupont is “100 percent” ready to face defending champions South Africa in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final, scrum coach William Servat said.