Felix Jones, the second coach of the South African national rugby union team, said on Tuesday that his team will approach Romania with all seriousness in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup Group B match against Bordeaux. 2023 year.

Romania national rugby teamPhoto: Inquam Photos / Cosmin Enache

Compared to the first match, against Scotland, there will be some changes in the starting line-up, writes AFP.

“We pay great attention to the rotation of players, we want everyone to have the opportunity to develop. We will approach the match with Romania like any other match in the group.

We don’t want to compare ourselves to the Irish, every team has its own style of play, its own DNA, we want to stick to that, we don’t want to fall into the trap of comparing ourselves to other teams, even though it’s true that the points difference could be important in this group,” Jones said, referring to Ireland’s 82-8 win over Romania.

The coach of the world champions, Jacques Nienaber, has to announce the composition of the national team for the game with Romania by the end of Wednesday.

Group B of the Rugby World Cup, also known as the “group of death”, includes three of the five leaders in the world rankings: Ireland, South Africa and Scotland, as well as Tonga and Romania.

“Our focus is on Romania this week,” confirmed Perpignan’s Marvin Ori. “We are putting all our energy and intensity into training to respect Romania during our preparations,” he added, according to Agerpres.

In the first game, South Africa beat Scotland 18-3.

Rugby World Cup Group B Schedule

Saturday, September 9

Ireland – Romania 82-8

Sunday, September 10

South Africa – Scotland 18-3

Saturday, September 16

Ireland – Tonga (Stade de la Beaujolais – Nantes, 22:00)

Sunday, September 17

South Africa – Romania (Stade de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, 16:00)

Saturday, September 23

South Africa – Ireland (Stade de France – Saint Denis, 22:00)

Sunday, September 24

Scotland – Tonga (Stade de Nice – Nice, 18:45)

Saturday, September 30

Scotland – Romania (Stade Pierre-Maurois – Lille, 22:00)

Sunday, October 1

South Africa – Tonga (Stade de Marseille – Marseille, 22:00)

Saturday, October 7

Ireland – Scotland (Stade de France – Saint Denis, 22:00)

Sunday, October 8

Tonga – Romania (Stade Pierre Morois – Lille, 18:45)