Wales must bring 'A game' to beat South Africa in Rugby World Cup quarter-finals - Gareth Anscombe

Chances: Gareth Anscombe insists Wales must be at their best to progress past South Africa
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Vaishali Bhardwaj17 October 2015

Gareth Anscombe believes Wales will need to bring their 'A game' and be at their very best if they want to beat South Africa on Saturday and progress to the Rugby World Cup semi-finals.

The Welsh finished second in Pool A, four points behind Australia, while hosts England were eliminated along with Fiji and Uruguay.

Despite missing the beginning of the tournament through injury, Anscombe admits that Wales must do everything they can to overcome South Africa at Twickenham after doing well to get out of the so-called 'pool of death'.

"We've come out of that pool and to lose tomorrow would be hard to take," the New Zealand-born player said.

"We've talked about the fact that none of us want to go home yet.

"You want to be in these positions and we certainly would like to be in a semi-final next week.

"We're well aware of what's coming but if we can take our chances and bring our 'A game' we can cause them a few problems and hopefully get on the right side of that scoreboard.

"We're good enough to do it and we certainly believe we can win tomorrow."

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