Last week, accidents and the will to strive just a few new participant combos led Bok head coach Jacques Nienaber to embody eight new gamers within the beginning staff for the rematch towards Australia, which resulted in an enormous win for South Africa. Meanwhile, Handre Pollard and Lukhanyo Am had been launched from the staff camp after being dominated out of the Rugby Championship due to harm.
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Pollard, Am and Pieter-Steph du Toit all suffered knee accidents, whereas Elton Jantjies injured his hand and was not obtainable for choice final weekend.
Bongi Mbonambi can be nonetheless out injured due to a knee harm, and can be anticipated to miss the remainder of the Rugby Championship.
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According to Sunday newspaper Rapport, Am will be out for up to 12 weeks and whereas there may be hope he may get better rapidly, he’s not anticipated to participate in any of the remaining Test matches this yr.
Pollard will be out for the subsequent six weeks, however each him and Mbonambi may nonetheless be in a race towards time to be match for the European tour.
Jantjies and Du Toit, in the meantime, will stay in camp, as they are anticipated to get better sufficiently from their accidents for the final two matches of the staff’s marketing campaign.
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Nienaber mentioned no replacements would be referred to as up at this stage as they’ve adequate cowl inside the squad. However, if the necessity arises, they may name on reinforcements.
“It’s always unfortunate to lose players in a squad, but this opens the door for other players to step in and showcase what they can do in those positions,” mentioned Nienaber.
“We will now have 32 players in camp and with Elton expected to recover for the matches against Argentina and players such as Andre (Esterhuizen) and Jesse (Kriel) and Frans (Steyn) all being capable centres, we are well covered.
“Our plan from the outset of the season was to give most of the players in our expanded squad game time as we build towards the Rugby World Cup, and this involved rotating a few players, so we’ll use this opportunity to build our depth.”
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Willemse changed Pollard at flyhalf, whereas Jesse Kriel began at outdoors centre final weekend
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 76 caps, 65 pts (13t)
14 – Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) – uncapped
13 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 53 caps, 60 pts (12t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 63 caps, 35 pts (7t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 30 caps, 105 pts (21t)
10 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 21 caps, 12 pts (1t, 2c, 1p)
9 – Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks) – 7 caps, 5 pts (1t)
8 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 15 caps, 0 pts
7 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 56 caps, 5pts (1t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 68 caps, 35 pts (7t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Wild Knights) – 61 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks) – 103 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 51 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 52 caps, 55 pts (11t)
1 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 64 caps, 5 pts (1t)
Replacements:
16 – Deon Fourie (DHL Stormers) – 1 cap, 0pts
17 – Ox Nche (Cell C Sharks) – 12 caps, 0pts
18 – Trevor Nyakane (Racing 92) – 57 caps, 5pts (1t)
19 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 24 caps, 15 pts (3t)
20 – Duane Vermeulen (Ulster) – 63 caps, 15 pts (3t)
21 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 21 caps, 40pts (8t)
22 – Frans Steyn (Toyota Cheetahs) – 75 caps, 150 pts (11t, 7c, 24p, 3d)
23 – Warrick Gelant (Racing 92) – 11 caps, 15 pts (3t)
