On Saturday, rumours and reviews began to swirl on-line concerning the Springboks, with SA Rugby magazine reporting that Sunday newspaper Rapport is able to publish a narrative that alleges “several Springboks have tested positive for cocaine”.
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SA Rugby has now launched a statement:
SA Rugby is conscious that unsubstantiated allegations of failed checks for leisure medicine by Springbok gamers are circulating amongst members of the media.
Disappointingly, these allegations have already appeared on-line regardless of the absence of any proof to help them.
SA Rugby has persistently suggested all inquiring media that no such reviews have been acquired by SA Rugby or any participant from the one authority permitted to carry out such checks, the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport. SA Rugby doesn’t conduct its personal checks.
Despite the absence of any such reviews, gamers and administration in Argentina have been contacted to “tell their story”, distracting and destabilising the whole camp within the build-up right now’s Test in opposition to Argentina in Buenos Aires.
SA Rugby needs to repeat that it has no proof of any adversarial analytical findings for any form of drug – be it efficiency enhancing or leisure – by Springbok gamers and regards the publication or the risk to publish such allegations as a deliberate try to sabotage the crew’s preparations.
These newest reviews are available in per week the place the Springboks have been making ready for a conflict in opposition to Argentina on Saturday evening, though a lot of the build-up to this match has been overshadowed by reviews of an alleged affair between flyhalf Elton Jantjies and Springbok dietician Zeenat Simjee.
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The Boks are set to play Argentina on Saturday evening
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 77 caps, 65 pts (13t)
14 – Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) – 1 cap, 5 pts (1t)
13 – Jesse Kriel (Yokohama Canon Eagles) – 54 caps, 60 pts (12t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 64 caps, 40 pts (8t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 31 caps, 110 pts (22t)
10 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 22 caps, 14 pts (1t, 3c, 1p)
9 – Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks) – 8 caps, 5 pts (1t)
8 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 16 caps, 0 pts
7 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 57 caps, 10 pts (2t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 69 caps, 35 pts (7t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Wild Knights) – 62 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks) – 104 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 52 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 53 caps, 55 pts (11t)
1 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 65 caps, 5 pts (1t)
Replacements:
16 – Deon Fourie (DHL Stormers) – 2 caps, 0pts
17 – Ox Nche (Cell C Sharks) – 13 caps, 0pts
18 – Trevor Nyakane (Racing 92) – 58 caps, 5pts (1t)
19 – Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 2 caps, 0 pts
20 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 25 caps, 15 pts (3t)
21 – Faf de Klerk (Yokohama Canon Eagles) – 40 caps, 25 pts (5t)
22 – Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins) – 9 caps, 0pts
23 – Frans Steyn (Toyota Cheetahs) – 76 caps, 150 pts (11t, 7c, 24p, 3d)
Argentina – 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 12 Matias Orlando, 11 Lucio Cinti, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.
Subs: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Thomas Gallo, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Rodrigo Bruni, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Matias Moroni.
Springbok file in opposition to Los Pumas in Argentina:
Played 15; Won 12; Lost 2; Drawn 1; Points for: 508, Points in opposition to: 318; Tries scored 59, Tries conceded 30; Highest rating 52-23 Buenos Aires (1993); Biggest win 33 factors Salta (2019). Win % 80%.
Milestones:
- Eben Etzebeth will turn into essentially the most capped Springbok in opposition to Argentina with 18 appearances when he takes the sphere.
- Siya Kolisi will play in his 40th Test as captain.
Miscellaneous:
- The whole Test caps for the Springbok beginning line-up is 741.
- There are 263 caps within the backline with 478 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are an extra 225 caps.
- The common caps per participant within the backline are 37, the forwards 59, whereas the gamers on the bench common 28.
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