World champions South Africa will seek to break a 12-year hoodoo when they take on France at the Municipal Stadium in Toulouse on Friday.

France’s Imanol Harinordoquy is relishing a chance to face a Springbok side he regards as having the ”nastiest” players in the world in Friday’s Test.

French rugby could soon benefit from a raft of top-class South Africans playing in the Top 14 and being eligible for selection for Les Bleus.