Marcelo Loffreda's eight-year tenure in charge of the Pumas is about to draw to a close with the World Cup third-place playoff against France.

The 48-year-old is about to take over the Leicester Tigers, one of the biggest clubs in European rugby.

"I've worked as a civil engineer in construction, as sales manager of (Argentine textile firm) Alpargatas and now I'm going to devote myself to rugby," Loffreda said in an interview with Reuters.

"I'm very enthusiastic, I like challenges and this is an enormous challenge, to find myself at such an important club," he said.

"It's going to be a totally new experience but I can put into it part of what I've gathered before and I'm also going to learn a lot."

Loffreda is also predicting South Africa to be too strong for England in Saturday's final and puts some of the difference down to Eddie Jones’ work with Springboks.

"I think the Springboks have the capacity to beat such tough rivals with a well structured system and an impressive defence like England's, on which they have based all of their improvement.

"South Africa have some better chances than England but they will have to establish a game plan and I think that with Eddie Jones's help they can do that.

"Eddie Jones has the experience of having played the final of the last World Cup and precisely against England, so you can imagine those things are fundamental.