OSAKA, Japan: Namibia have been forced to make a change to their bench for their Rugby World Cup opener against Italy at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium on Sunday after Ospreys wing Lesley Klim failed a late fitness test on his calf problem.
"We hope he'll be fit for South Africa but there's no guarantee at this stage. We'll get some further investigation and take some advice from there." "We need to make sure we're at our very best," Jones admitted."I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't come up with a few ideas which I think may help us perform well against Italy but we're under no illusions they're a very good team with a lot of quality players playing at the top level."Confidence and momentum are really important in professional sport and this game gives us the opportunity to achieve both of those things.
Namibia struggled with the conditions in a recent 20-0 loss to Russia that was played in the wet and with rain predicted in Osaka on Sunday, Jones knows they will have to take the lessons from that encounter into the Italy one.
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