BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Germany coach Mauritz Botha ahead of the RQC qualifier with Samoa

Germany coach: Mauritz Botha

Tough qualifying: Germany, scoring here against Belgium, finished sixth in the Rugby Europe Championship

GIVEN a fair wind and the minimum of delays en route via Frankfurt, Shanghai and Auckland, Germany should be touching down in Apia about now – Sunday evening Samoan time – as one of the most roller-coaster seasons in recent rugby history continues apace.
Theoretically Germany are just 160 minutes from making the 2019 World Cup Finals, which is a rema...