Springbok Rugby World Cup captain Siya Kolisi – as well as Ox Nche and Jaden Hendrikse – will make their first Test appearances of the year on Saturday when the team lines up against Wales in their second World Cup warm-up match at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi will captain the national team for first time on Saturday.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber likened his team’s hard-fought 22-21 Castle Lager Rugby Championship victory over Argentina on Saturday to a typical Rugby World Cup arm wrestle. The Springboks had to weather a fiercely committed onslaught…
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named a squad of 26 players for the trip to Buenos Aires for their opening Rugby World Cup warm-up game on Saturday, 5 August, with several players who did not feature…
Salmaan Moerat to cultivate love for rugby at Al Azhar
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.”
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