Ireland forwards coach Paul O'Connell said he hadn't given too much thought to the Springboks' seven-one bench split for Saturday's crunch game at the Stade de France, and that the Boks were well within their rights to experiment in any manner they wanted.
Ahead of what will be the 28th game between the teams and their first-ever meeting in Rugby World Cups, O'Connell, who shared the pre-match-day press conference stage with Mack Hansen and Josh van der Flier, said the Boks had the players to make the bench split work.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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