The Springboks v France Rugby World Cup quarter-final will end the tournament for one of the teams. Who's favourite to reach the semi-finals?
The pool draws were made three years ago. A long way out from the current tournament currently underway. This has resulted in a somewhat unbalanced journey through the playoff games to the knockout stages. There have been many questions about whether the result of this necessarily represents the current pecking order in World Rugby. Facing an equally strong team early in the knockouts instead of, for example, the final, is a fact and that team would have to be faced anyway.
This game is simply too close to call. What we can do is point out a few things that will have an impact on the game. The France team does have the pack of forwards to take on the Springboks upfront to disrupt the Springboks strength. Will Jacques Nienaber inject the returning Lukhanyo Am straight into the outside center position? How will he deploy his two flyhalves? Will he stick with Manie Libbok to make use of his playmaking skills or will he go with the more conservative Handre Pollard. If forced, the gamble will be on France not changing their well-rounded game with Dupont being the general.
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