'World class' Jones will worry South Africa - Skinstad

Huw Jones faced South Africa for Scotland at last year's World Cup

Autumn Nations Series: Scotland v South Africa

Date: Sunday, 10 November Venue: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Kick-off: 16:10 GMT

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Former South Africa captain Bob Skinstad thinks the Springboks will be wary of Huw Jones at Murrayfield on Sunday, saying the Scotland player is "one of the best centres in the world".

The sides meet just over a year on from their World Cup pool opener in Marseille, where the Boks overpowered Gregor Townsend’s men en route to lifting the trophy.

Despite the gulf between the sides that day, Skinstad says the South Africans will be respectful of the threats Scotland pose, Jones in particular.

"Huw Jones, for me, he's been under-recognised as a player for a long time," Skinstad, who won 42 Springboks caps between 1997 and 2007, said.

"I think Jones is probably one of the best centres in the world. I love the way he runs, I love the way he distributes. He'd fit into a South African team."

Talking to the BBC's Scotland Rugby Podcast, Skinstad added: "It's not often that you can say, 'let's pick 12 of the opposition players who can fit into a world champion team'. But I would look across the Scottish guys and say they've certainly got a good run at eight or 10 guys who could turn out for another international team, which is fantastic.

"That means you're in the top five, top six in the world, just by sheer weight of numbers of quality players."

'Respect levels for Glasgow sky high'

Skinstad believes the Glasgow Warriors players in the Scotland team will take confidence from their recent successes in South Africa – beating the Bulls in Pretoria to win the United Rugby Championship last season and defeating the Stormers in Stellenbosch just two weeks ago.

He has also been impressed with the job done there by his former Springboks team-mate, Franco Smith.

"Franco is an interesting guy," Skinstad said. "He's curious and he's interested, he's very philosophical. He's quite big picture orientated.

"He's very good at the detail, but he doesn't allow it to overwhelm him. I think he's an amazing community leader there. I think the team are warming to him because he cares.

"I think South Africans are standing up and taking notice of Glasgow Warriors. The Warriors have knocked over the all-conquering Bulls of last season at their home patch. I think the respect levels are sky high."