Rugby World Cup: ‘If you asked any player in this room, any of us, would they want Scotland to beat you by 21 points? No, sorry’
‘If you asked any player in this room, any of us, would they want Scotland to beat you by 21 points? No, sorry’Assistant coach Mike Catt wants Ireland to be more clinical in their Rugby World Cup clash with Scotland on Saturday. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inphoat the Stade de France in what amounts to a glorified last-16 knock-out tie, rarely have the levels of favouritism and expectation on an
“We’re well aware and we understand what needs to be done and if we put in a performance defensively and in attack, then there’s a chance that things will go our way. But it’s going to be a proper Test match, and that’s why we play the game.”France captain Antoine Dupont remains on target for World Cup quarter-final
“We need to chase our potential. We need to make sure we go up another level to what we were against South Africa. The whole game’s exciting, it’s not just the backlines,” added Catt, noting that both were attack-minded teams who like to play with the ball in hand. “South Africa defend completely different from how Scotland defend. Scotland want a lot of time in the tackle and they’re very strong in that sort of area so it’s making sure that we can generate the quick ball, that we can get on the front foot too to make our attack tick.
“Finn might orchestrate it all, but they have some dangerous runners around him that help him out,” he said. Another scenario, raised by the South African media and given oxygen by Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber, is that Ireland and Scotland conspire to score four or more tries each and the latter win by 21 points or more, in which case the Boks would be eliminated.
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