Jacques Nienaber answers question about Ireland and Scotland potentially arranging a result to knock the Springboks out of the World Cup.
, but with Ireland and Scotland yet to square off, things could change drastically this coming week.
If Scotland beat Ireland by eight points or more and Ireland don’t get a bonus point, then Ireland are out. If all three teams finish on 15 log points, the team with the best points difference will go through.If Scotland have the best points difference, then the Springboks will fall out because Ireland defeated them, but for that to happen Scotland must score four tries and beat Ireland by more than 20 points, and Ireland must also get a bonus point.
When asked during the Springboks’ post-match press conference whether Ireland and Scotland could sneakily hatch a plan between them this week which will see them play to a certain game to get a specific scoreline that will get both Six Nations sides through to the World Cup quarter-finals and simultaneously get the Springboks eliminated, Nienaber said it would amount to match-fixing.
“Could I believe in a scenario that they will decide ‘do we want to get this amount of points and then get South Africa out of the way?’ That would probably be match-fixing, I would say. I hope not.
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