Ireland face South Africa at the Stade de France
Both sides have won their opening two games at the tournament, but tonight's game is a huge step up for both of them and will go a long way to deciding who finishes first and second in Pool B, with Ireland still to play Scotland next week.
Has the tactic been used before? The ‘7-1 split’ has never been deployed in World Cup rugby before, but it has been used in Test match rugby - by South Africa during a warm-up game against New Zealand at Twickenham earlier this year. The Springboks are set to be the first nation to use the tactic at a World Cup this Saturday night.
“I love it; I respect it. I like the fact they know their squad and brought four scrum-halves over, a hooker who has not really played in that specialist position before. It shows they know their players and which direction they want to go. Hopefully, they think the same about us as well. I am pretty confident in the five forwards we have got coming off the bench and the impact they’re going to have and the type of game we’re going to play when that happens.
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