The exciting duo of Grant Williams and Manie Libbok will form the half-back pairing in a new-look Springbok side that will face Argentina in a Rugby Championship test at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday
Jaden Hendrickse back with Springbok squad
Grant Williams has shown enough in his two appearances from the bench in the two tests in the Rugby Championships against Australia and New Zealand that he deserves a start against Argentina.
“Our plan was to win the Rugby Championship and to assess the players and we’ve got some good answers from these two games. We’ve got one more game in the Championship and then three warm-up games to complete that process.
Eben Etzebeth is a vastly experienced player with 110 Test caps. He’s captained the Springboks before and he has been with the group of players in New Zealand for over a week, so he is the ideal person to lead the team this weekend.”
Springboks assistant coach Mzwandile Stick has praised winger Kurt-Lee Arendse’s fine performance and disagrees with those who say the Boks have picked a B-team against Australia.
Nienaber opted for a six-two split in favour of the forwards on the bench with the only two backline players; Grant Williams, who will provide cover at scrumhalf and wing, and Damian Willemse who will cover flyhalf, centre and fullback.
Former Springbok head coach Peter de Villiers has vowed to make a difference by giving back to his community of Paarl.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made only two changes to his starting team for Saturday’s final round Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against Argentina at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in Durban, while he also opted to name…
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