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Div sweating over injured duo

Wellington - Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is concerned about the injuries picked up by star players Jean de Villiers and Victor Matfield during Sunday’s 17-16 Rugby World Cup victory against Wales.

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De Villiers picked up a rib injury while Matfield suffered a hamstring injury.

"I am very worried about them, but we will do a full assessment after 24 hours because we want to be accurate in those kind of things before it is made public," said De Villiers.

The Bok mentor was slightly less worried about his team’s narrow victory against Wales and said they accomplished what they set out to do.

"I don’t call it a rugby Test today, I call it a test of character," he said. We came to win the first one and we achieved our first goal. For the 22 as a whole, I respect them for what they did."

Scorers:

South Africa:


Tries: Francois Steyn, Francois Hougaard

Conversions: Morné Steyn (2)

Penalty: Steyn

Wales:

Try: Toby Faletau

Conversion: James Hook

Penalties: Hook (3)

Teams:

South Africa:

15 Frans Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Tendai Mtawarira

Substitutes: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Johann Muller, 20 Willem Alberts, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Butch James

Wales:

15 James Hook, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Alun Wyn Jones, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Paul James

Substitutes: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Bradley Davies, 19 Andy Powell, 20 Tavis Knoyle, 21 Scott Williams, 22 Leigh Halfpenny

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