T jin88bet.one he Springboks expect France to switch Antoine Dupont and Maxime Lucu between fly-half and scrum-half during Friday night’s match in Paris.
Dupont, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading scrum-halves, has been selected at number 10 after an injury crisis affected France’s fly-half options. Captain Lucu will start at scrum-half, but South Africa believe the pair will operate with considerable freedom during general play.
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“We’ve watched clips and seen how they play, and we’ve watched how he (Dupont) plays at flyhalf too, so we haven’t done anything special for him individually because he’s playing at No 10,” said Siya Kolisi.
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“Maxime Lucu has also played flyhalf for Bordeaux, so it will happen naturally for them to swap. Antoine wants to be on the ball a lot and he creates a lot of play on the field, so for him to ks168app.site go to scrumhalf will also be natural, and they’ll be able to adjust.
“That said, our system is prepared for that, so it doesn’t matter who we’re playing against.”
Springboks assistant coach Mzwandile Stick also expects the positions to change frequently and believes the selection will have a limited impact on the match, particularly in defensive situations.
“When it comes to physicality, we know one thing for sure, France will always bring it,” S ic88 tick said. “They’ve got very good physical players, especially among their forwards, but No 9 and No 10 is where it’s going to get tricky.
“I have no doubt that even though Dupont will be wearing the No 10 jersey, he’s going to have licence to do whatever he wants between the two positions.
“Remember that Lucu has also co ic88 vered 10 in the past, so between the two of them there’ll be freedom to keep swapping in general play. You’ll probably see Dupont at the breakdowns at No 9, and Lucu at first receiver at times. So, we know what they want to achieve.”
Stick warned that South Africa could be lr88 punished if the French pair are allowed ti lr88 me and space in possession. He also highlighted the threat posed by France’s outside backs, who include several quick players.
“That said if we allow that halfback combination time and space with ball in hand, they have the potential to punish us, so our main focus point is to make sure we don’t allow that,” he added. “They also have ve lr88 ry dangerous outside backs, and they’ve selected very quick players.”
Kick-off is at 22:10 South Africa time.
France team
15 Theo Attissogbe, 14 Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang, 13 Kalvin Gourgues, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Antoine Dupont, 9 Maxime Lucu (captain), 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Mickael Guillard, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Sipili Falatea, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros.
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Regis Montagne, 19 Charles Ollivon, 20 Tom Staniforth, 21 Esteban Capilla, 22 Axe si88 l Desperes, 23 Emilien Gailleton.
South Africa team
15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de A 88v llende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Jan-He SEXXXXX-VN ndrik Wessels, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Manie Libbok.
