The 2007 World Cup-winning coach has backed the Boks to go all the way, but 'you could say that about a half a dozen teams out in France'.
to win the 2023 World Cup, but says even rank outsiders like England and Fiji will be a threat for the defending champions in France.
Twickenham was the scene of not one but two momentous matches less than 24 hours apart as the All Blacks suffered the worst defeat in their history to the Boks, before Fiji stunned England.Winning and losing “What makes sport so intriguing is that you never know what boost you’ll get from winning a game and conversely what negatives you’ll get from a heavy defeat,” the former Bok coach, now Bulls director of rugby, writes.“Every Springbok fan is now super-pumped for this World Cup. Someone asked me whether the Boks could win the tournament? One hundred percent they can win it, but you could say that about a half a dozen teams out in France, even the outsiders, like Scotland, Australia or Wales.
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