Centre Nick De Luca insists a victory over South Africa is not essential for Scotland’s World Cup hopes.
The Scots host the Springboks after losing to New Zealand last Sunday. They need to win, and beat Tonga a week later, to secure a second seed berth for England in three years’ time.
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“There’s no need to win it for the World Cup. We need to win it because collectively we want to win,” De Luca told BBC Scotland. “We think we’re good enough to beat South Africa.”
Saturday’s Test will be the 22nd meeting of South Africa and Scotland since the first in 1906. The Springboks have won 16 and lost five, including the 2010 Murrayfield defeat in torrential rain.
That triumph for Scotland came a week after a stinging defeat to the All Blacks and Edinburgh’s De Luca is eyeing a repeat success.
“We now need to go out there and show everybody we are good enough and it’s going to take an 80-minute performance from all of us,” he said
“If we manage to get top eight for the World Cup seedings that’s great, but in three years’ time the top eight might not be the top eight anymore. We need to go out and concentrate on this game.
“We’re looking for a win to beat this team, not necessarily for the World Cup pools.
“We want to beat everyone that’s put in front of us and if you want to do well in the World Cup you’ll have to beat a top seeded side.
“Obviously it makes it easier if you’re one of the top seeded sides but last World Cup we were up against two better seeds [England and Argentina] and we should have won both those games so if we’re in that situation again we’ll back ourselves and hopefully make it come good.”
De Luca will be joined in the starting XV by Edinburgh team-mate David Denton, who replaces the injured Ross Rennie.
“It’s a great feeling to be back,” explained the Zimbabwe-born number eight. “It was tough for me to take the fact I wasn’t starting [against New Zealand] but I feel I worked hard and played well when I came on.
“South Africa are a really physical team and they play good rugby.
“It will be aggressive and I’m relishing the opportunity to test myself against the best exponents of the style I like to play.
“I’m looking to be physical, aggressive and carry the ball well.”
Alice????????????? WTF is Alice????????????????????????????? 😆
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2coufE-Hc&feature=related
87 @ Sharks_forever:
Ja remember that, nice bro.
@ Pietman:
No it’s hardly like that but I do lift weights 3 times a week, have for years, not for size just for all round strength.
@ Puma:
Yup, I could kill for ‘a six pack down the road’ sometimes, I really miss my beer over here.
This is Piets musics
He sings he is comming home 😆
@ Pietman:
Maak jou eie pynapple bier 😉 😆
@ Stormersboy: occasionally nowadays.
Just kidding.
I used to do a lot of that stuff, not to mention the long daily distances out on the road, and i still reap the benefits from all that today, although I only ride my bike occasionally nowadays.
@ Sharks_forever:
@98
Dawn?
Flok, nie geweet die ou girl kan sing ook nie!
😆
93 @ Stormersboy:
Its good for you boet, not only for good muscle tone, but doing that 3 times a week helps build good strong bones as you get older. A Biokineticist told me to do it as well, just don’t have the time. Only walk and swim now for exercise and the odd game of golf. So keep it up.
@ Pietman:
Glo my dis nie daai Dawn sonder tande niw 😆
@ Pietman:
Flippin laptop playing up again, excuse the typos, signal on and off, have to edit all the time.
Pooms?? this is specially for scrumdown, 😆
94 @ Pietman:
Ja that was the only thing that got to me sometimes, but you know you get damn good at making good beer. At least making the beer does not take too long, it is the wine that takes about 3 months. Well 3 months was vintage for us…………… 🙂 🙂
@ Sharks_forever:
@103
Is Dawn nog daar? Sy is n ok antie, vol sports gewees altyd.
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg it was the wrong one i posted
lemme get the right one lol\
105 @ Sharks_forever:
hahahaha. Shame man, feel for the Lions supporters not having a team in Super Rugby next year. At least our bogey team, which they have become won’t be there next year…lol.
@ Pietman:
Ya, sy is deel van die wat enige mens aanval wat nie a stormer of nie blanke is nie
need i say more?? lol
This for me is one of the really great oldies
108 Sharks_Forever
You sounding like me now………….hahahahaha. Forgetful???????? hehehehehe. Thought why was that song for Scrumdown? Anyhow got it….lol.
@ Puma:
Three months!!!! Jeez, you guys were really maturing the stuff then…..no hell, I just put that booster yeast and keep the room tempt at 29 and after two weeks or so Bob’s your uncle.
@ Puma:
😆 i thought i had copied the URL and obviously had not 😆
111 @ Sharks_forever:
Yip one of the great songs.
Piet just for you Brudda, something you miss in the desert 😆
@ Sharks_forever:
@110
Dink Dawn was onskadelik, meesal ‘tong-innie-kies’……
Maar daar was op n kol n ander mob, o hel, Langenhoven en sy gammatpelle en so n bende strandlopers, hulle was net daar om rassisme aan te stook, hulle het selfs vir Dawn skaam gemaak!!!
Remember them? Jeepers they look sooooooo old…hahaha. Time has moved so fast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8bxsQ5nUB4
I think Piet is sleeping or dreaming of that beer he is dying for 😆
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