Toyota City (Japan) (AFP)

Some base their game on the power and the physical destruction of the adversary; the others are semi-professional ... The duel of neighbors South Africa-Namibia, Saturday (11:45 French, 9:45 GMT) to Toyota seems particularly unbalanced and could lead to a river score.

"There is no point limit in our minds" ... South African Jacques Nienaber, South Africa's defense coach, set the challenge for Namibians.

"We seek to be successful in all areas (attack, footwork, mental approach, work ethic during the week," he says.

"We want to work the things that did not work against New Zealand and improve in these areas, we want to build our game, and improve individual skills," says the South African.

In short ... The Springboks, eager to erase some of the faults seen against the All Blacks (defeat 23-13), will be ruthless for their neighbors. As in the two previous confrontations: the Boks had won 105-13 in 2007 in Cape Town, and "only" 87-0 at the 2011 World Cup.

Other figures? The Namibians, who limited the break to Italy (47-22) last Sunday, have conceded at least 50 points in 11 of their 19 World Cup matches played so far. And they hold the record for the biggest defeat in the World Cup, a ... 142-0 cashed against Australia in 2003.

- 'There will be wounded' -

Present at matches in 2007 and 2011, Namibian scrumhalf Eugene Jantjies measures the gap between the two teams.

"The last game we played (against them) was probably not our best, he slips in. There, it's going to be pretty physical because we know each other pretty well."

"I know," he continues, "there will be some injured players, I hope not at home, we go out to make the best match possible, to engage and disrupt, and to make our match technically and tactically. ".

The only reason for hope for the Namibians, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus upset his team after the loss to the All Blacks, making 13 changes.

"If we exploit our potential we have to win this kind of match, but I say that with the utmost respect for this team, because the difference between the best teams (Tier 1) and the others (Tier 2) was well reduced, "said the coach of Springboks.

"There are no more matches at 100, 80 or 70 points as we saw during the first week", of the World Cup, slips Erasmus.

"These are our neighbors, so we know we will get a physical match, and that's something we respect," says the former Munster coach.

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