Lions prop Ruan Dreyer is the newcomer to Springbok team to face France in final test
Hardworking prop Ruan Dreyer will make his debut for the Springboks on Saturday in the final Castle Lager Incoming Series Test against France.
Hardworking prop Ruan Dreyer will make his debut for the Springboks on Saturday in the final Castle Lager Incoming Series Test against France.
After the Springboksâ 37-15 win in a game that saw the home side attack with sparkle and vigour and defend with doggedness and defiance, Allister Coetzee said there was still a lot of work to be done.
Lionel Mapoe will replace Jesse Kriel at outside centre in the only change to the Springbok line-up for the second Castle Lager Incoming Series Test match against France in Durban on Saturday.
In Allister Coetzee’s first year as Springbok coach, he was not afraid to move players around and play them out of their specialist positions.
Lions defence coach JP Ferreira is back working with the team, preparing the players for a tough Super Rugby season ahead.
The Lions squad has been in pre-season training since November, albeit without a number of key players who have been plying their trade in Japan.
Sport24âs Rob Houwing says the South African side needs a talisman in the form of Schalk Burger.
A combination of selections and pre-match talk suggests that the Springboks are looking to grind out a result against the All Blacks in Durban on Saturday.
The Springboks are still struggling to infuse, and centrally involve, sufficient numbers of players of colour to provide solid assurance that their â50 percent blackâ plan for the 2019 World Cup is an attainable goal.
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has made five changes to his match-23 – four of them necessitated by injury.