Heyneke Meyer able to choose his best available XV for World Cup quarter-final and his side look to be back in ominous form after their opening shock by JapanRarely have a Springbok team looked as contented on English soil as Heyneke Meyer’s side this week. The majority of their enormous men are back fit, their Japanese hiccup is behind them and thousands of expat South Africans are expected to roar them on at Twickenham. One or two are even eagerly anticipating a semi-final against New Zealand next week as whether victory over Wales is already a certainty.
Such complacency came back to bite them against Japan in Brighton but Saturday afternoon’s game is the one that will define the Boks’ tournament. Thunder into the final four and no one will fancy playing them; surrender to a Welsh team shorn of many key backs and Meyer will be apologising to his nation once again. Nothing in the squad’s body language suggests they are fearing the latter scenario.
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Source: theguardian.com