Rugby World Cup: “France is favorite”, assures the Springboks assistant coach

Last November in Marseille, the Blues won (30-26) in Marseille, in a burning velodrome stadium. The reigning world champions do not fear playing on Sunday in a hostile French stadium, having faced Ireland in Saint-Denis, a Clover team supported by thousands of fervent fans and playing “at home”. “We face the hosts in an atmosphere that will be huge on the day,” Springbok assistant coach Deon Davids said. Last year we had a try by facing them in Marseille. We will have to adapt well on the big day and demonstrate great precision in execution. Playing against France in the quarter-final is huge, and I don’t think any team needs more motivation than that. They’re a great team, they’re ranked second in the world and they’ll have the support of their home crowd, so they’ll be a tough opponent. They are definitely the favorites in this match. They don’t have any weaknesses at this stage either.