MARSEILLE, France : Scotland have plenty of confidence they can upset champions South Africa in their opening game of Rugby World Cup in Marseille on Sunday but will have to break new ground if they are to get their Pool B campaign off to the perfect start.Coach Gregor Townsend has developed a settled squ
MARSEILLE, France : Scotland have plenty of confidence they can upset champions South Africa in their opening game of Rugby World Cup in Marseille on Sunday but will have to break new ground if they are to get their Pool B campaign off to the perfect start.
"It's obviously an opportunity for us," Townsend told reporters on Friday."That's the way we look at it. You have to play at your best to beat the best teams. "But we we've got to find a way to win. And that's what this World Cup is about, finding a way to win."
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