The date for the clash between the two teams is yet to be decided. The other pre-qualifier involves Cameroon and Nigeria. The pre-qualifiers are played between the two lowest-ranked teams in the north and the south of the continent. The winners make up the final 12 teams and the losers will join the Castel Beer competition in 2009. The 12 countries will be divided into four pools with three teams each pool for the qualifiers. The pools are determined by the latest International Rugby Board (IRB) rankings. Botswana is currently ranked 11th in Africa. If the Vultures beat Swaziland in the pre-qualifiers, they will find themselves in Pool D with Uganda and Madagascar.
Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) secretary, Oupa Pandor said that he does not see Swaziland preventing the Vultures from reaching the qualifiers. "We have always played better than them though I do not know how they are preparing at the moment. To be honest, our preparations are focused more on the qualifiers than Swaziland," he said. The Vultures have been in the World Cup qualifiers before and Pandor said that if they continue with the momentum they had when they won the Castel Cup last year, they stand a chance of going far.
