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Should France Be Afraid Of The Springboks?

For The Love Of Rugby: South Africa

November 10, 2026

Steven Kitshoff and Trevor Nyakane preview the Springboks against France in Paris on Friday night. How many extra gears will the South Africa need? Does their hammering of Italy mean anything? And can Morné van den Berg outplay the great Antoine Dupont?

Speakers Trevor Nyakane, Steven Kitshoff

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Steven Kitshoff (2:00)

Big Trev, the Springboks showed no mercy against the Italians. Should Frans be afraid or very afraid?

Trevor Nyakane (2:10)

Should be. Everybody should be right now.

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Steven Kitshoff (2:56)

So, Italy 7, South Africa 66 Trev, in a game like this, where things are so one-sided, especially in that first 40 minutes, do you think the Springboks can learn anything from a game played like that? I feel sometimes it almost feels like a captain's run.

Trevor Nyakane (3:13)

It can become that thin line in between, where you're not sure, did we really learn much or did we not? Or it was just one of those games where everything just went the box way. But I say, obviously, Italy had a whole lot more to learn than what the Springboks would have. But I'm not saying Springboks couldn't have learned anything, like I said. It's also training the guys to understand when to be ruthless. And I think if there's that one part that they can take of this game as South Africa. And I think I've heard a bit on the radio and people are saying it could have been more, it could have been more. I'm like, listen, hey, 66 against any other nation is the number I would take any other day.

So yeah, it was, I think, I think the one learning point there would be how to, when obviously we have teams under pressure, how to keep them there. And I think the boys did it very well this past weekend.

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