Ireland have nothing to fear from Boks, says injured Healy

Though an injury-weakened Ireland face a South Africa side unchanged from the one that beat New Zealand last month, Cian Healy believes his colleagues have nothing to fear.

South Africa ended the All Blacks’ 22-match unbeaten run with a 27-25 win on October 4 and have brought a vastly experienced squad to Dublin with three players, captain Jean de Villiers, Victor Matfield and Bryan Habana boasting more than a century of caps each. But Healy insists Ireland wouldn’t be quaking in their boots.

“I don’t think players will have too much of that stuff in their heads,” Healy said. “I think there’s a lot of self-belief in the camp, especially with the drills that Joe has run and how on the ball he has everyone.