Scrum-half Maxime Lucu is relishing the opportunity to get stuck into the Springboks on Saturday after South Africa ‘stole’ the Rugby World Cup from France.

This Saturday, France and South Africa collide at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis for the first time since the latter clinched a 28-29 victory, knocking the former out of the 2023 World Cup in an enthralling quarter-final.

Springboks assistant coach Felix Jones was unsure whether Les Bleus would see this as an opportunity to avenge the result two years
ago, stating: “I don’t know. I’m not sure how they are talking about it in their camp.