Assistant coach Pieter de Villiers has promised that Scotland received’t “disguise” from the set-piece battle towards the Springboks in Marseille on Sunday.

The Scottish open their World Cup marketing campaign towards the defending champions at Stade Marseille within the second recreation of the Pool B clashes of the match.

Siya Kolisi is predicted to captain a Bok aspect with a World Cup-winning entrance row of Steven Kitshoff, Malcolm Marx and Frans Malherbe, and a possible six-two cut up on the bench that features the highly effective Ox Nche, Bongi Mbonambi and Vincent Koch.

The Scots have misplaced their final seven Exams to South Africa and have by no means overwhelmed the Boks within the World Cup, and chatting with media this week, De Villiers advised reporters: “They’re world champions, nevertheless it’s a implausible alternative for us to play towards them.

“They did effectively towards the All Blacks [in a record win at Twickenham] and excelled of their strengths which is the set-piece and defence.

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“We all know what might be coming our approach. Every workforce has received completely different super-strengths.

“It’s in regards to the workforce that’s going to do one of the best in bringing these to the desk and ensuring we impose how we need to play. That’s actually essential.”

SA-born De Villiers performed in two World Cups for France (1999 and 2007) incomes 69 caps in an eight-year Check profession, which additionally introduced 4 Six Nations titles.

He moved into teaching after his retirement in 2008, and beforehand helped the Boks as scrum coach in 2012.

Hoping fellow SA natives WP Nel and Pierre Schoeman will match the physicality of SA for the Scots, De Villiers added: “There might be some tactical and strategic issues which might be particular to South Africa. However we additionally need to hold doing issues the best way we now have been doing them.

“You possibly can by no means disguise from the set-piece. It’s about taking them on, it’s all the time about that one-on-one physicality. There isn’t any hiding within the set-piece.”

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