Three new caps for Bok team against England
S’busiso Nkosi, Aphiwe Dyantyi and RG Snyman will make their Springbok debuts on Saturday when South Africa face England in the opening Test of the Castle Lager Incoming Series in Johannesburg.
S’busiso Nkosi, Aphiwe Dyantyi and RG Snyman will make their Springbok debuts on Saturday when South Africa face England in the opening Test of the Castle Lager Incoming Series in Johannesburg.
Hooker Bismarck du Plessis and centre Frans Steyn have been withdrawn from the Springbok group because of injury.
The news that Junior Bok flyhalf Damian Willemse is out of the World Rugby U20 Championship is a big blow for coach Chean Roux’s men.
The Blitzboks can only hope for an unlikely Fijian implosion in the final tournament on the World Sevens Series calendar in Paris next week if they’re to retain their world crown.
Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, offered no excuses for the Springboks’ narrow 22-20 loss against Wales in difficult conditions in Washington DC on Saturday evening.
Pieter-Steph du Toit will captain a young Springbok team featuring seven uncapped players in the starting line-up against Wales on Saturday evening (SA time) in Washington DC.
The Blitzboks have maintained a steady head of steam all season, always qualifying for the semi-finals in the 8 tournaments played so far, but failing to take maximum points after the tournament opener in Dubai.
After being touted as a future Springbok captain for a couple of seasons, Siya Kolisi finally becomes the first black player to take charge of the national team.
Rassie Erasmus, the SA Rugby Director of Rugby, has included 17 uncapped players in his first Springbok squad of 43 for the four Tests next month, against Wales in the USA and Castle Lager Incoming Series at home against England.
Regular captain, Philip Snyman, and leading try-scorer, Seabelo Senatla, have been recalled to the Springbok Sevens squad by Neil Powell for the HSBC London Sevens next weekend.