Coach Jacques Nienaber has notably made three changes to the replacements bench for the Boks’ conflict towards Australia on Saturday which options a cut up of 5 forwards and three backs, the place Jaden Hendrikse takes over from Herschel Jantjies, whereas Elton Jantjies will present back-up at flyhalf and Frans Steyn extra cowl on the again. Willie le Roux and Jasper Wiese are not within the match-23 this weekend.
On at least three events already this yr, the Boks have suffered an early damage to one among their backline gamers, which has led to a significantly difficult state of affairs because of the reliance on a six-two forwards-to-backs bench. However, Nienaber has reverted again to a five-three cut up for this Saturday’s sport towards the Wallabies,
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The Boks have additionally continued to again Duane Vermeulen to begin at No 8 even though the stalwart appeared clearly a bit off-the-pace within the final sport towards the All Blacks as he had simply returned from damage.
Frans Steyn has additionally had restricted game-time resulting from damage, however Nienaber is anticipating the World Cup-winning duo to play key roles on Saturday.
“It’s a nice opportunity to see what Frans can bring to the table. We know last year when we played New Zealand, Frans came on in the last 40 minutes when we beat them here in Australia, and he had an unbelievable game.”
When talking to the media this week, Steyn admitted that coaching had modified for him at this stage of his profession, however reiterated that he was able to run out on Saturday.
“I really don’t practice my kicks during the week anymore,” he admitted, as quoted by Sport24. “In my younger days, to be honest, I also didn’t do that, but I did train a bit more overall. Now, the knees are sore.
“When I was younger I played mainly wing and fullback and had the opportunity to have a go sometimes with a long-range drop goal or penalty attempt, but now that I’m in the centres there aren’t many chances for that. I’m now closer to the breakdowns and tackles. So we’ll have to wait and see.
“I don’t know when I last played. It was the same last year, and then I got a chance against New Zealand,” stated Steyn. “I’ve always been a player that doesn’t look too deeply into this sort of stuff (a lack of playing time). I just want to perform when I get on the field, that’s all that matters and hopefully I’ll get an opportunity to do that on Saturday.”
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FRANS STEYN FORMS PART OF THE BOK BOMB SQUAD:
15 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 20 caps, 12 pts (1t, 2c, 1p)
14 – Warrick Gelant (Racing 92) – 10 caps, 15 pts (3t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 30 caps, 30 pts (6t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 62 caps, 35 pts (7t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 29 caps, 105 pts (21t)
10 – Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers) – 64 caps, 662 pts (7t, 90c, 144p, 5d)
9 – Faf de Klerk (Yokohama Canon Eagles) – 39 caps, 25 pts (5t)
8 – Duane Vermeulen (Ulster) – 62 caps, 15 pts (3t)
7 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 62 caps, 25 pts (5t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 67 caps, 35 pts (7t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Wild Knights) – 60 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks) – 102 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 50 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 – Joseph Dweba (DHL Stormers) – 3 caps, 0pts
1 – Ox Nche (Cell C Sharks) – 11 caps, 0pts
Replacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 51 caps, 55 pts (11t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 63 caps, 5 pts (1t)
18 – Vincent Koch (Wasps) 36 caps, 0 pts
19 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 55 caps, 5pts (1t)
20 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 23 caps, 5 pts (1t)
21 – Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks) – 6 caps, 5 pts (1t)
22 – Elton Jantjies (NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes) – 45 caps, 329 pts (2t, 65c, 62p, 1d)
23 – Frans Steyn (Toyota Cheetahs) – 74 caps, 150 pts (11t, 7c, 24p, 3d)
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Springbok file towards the Wallabies in Australia:
Played 41; Won 12; Lost 27; Drawn 2; Points for: 685, Points towards: 900; Tries scored 80, Tries conceded 91; Highest rating 38-12 in Brisbane (2013); Biggest win 26 factors in Brisbane (2013). Win % 29%.
Milestones:
- Handre Pollard wants one level to earn 50 Test factors towards Australia.
- Joseph Dweba will play his first Test towards Australia, with Jaden Hendrikse additionally on debut towards the Wallabies if he takes the sphere.
Miscellaneous:
- The whole Test caps for the Springbok beginning line-up is 671.
- There are 254 caps within the backline with 417 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are a additional 353 caps.
- The common caps per participant within the backline are 36, the forwards 52, whereas the gamers on the bench common 44.
