ACCORDING to Jake White, the South African coach who knows a thing or two about winning World Cups, the Springboks are well placed to recapture the title in Japan. “It doesn’t matter if they win or lose their opening game with the All Blacks,” he said this week. “They will have three weeks to prepare for the quarter-final.”
Sadly, he’s right. When Italy are the third-ranked side in your group, you know you have been drawn in the “Pool of Life”.

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