The Springboks will likely be seeking to bounce back from their losses towards Ireland and France as they now head into the third of their finish of yr Tests on Saturday, 19 November. Kick-off in Genoa will likely be at 15:00 (SA time).
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Although the Springboks have expressed disappointment over their slim defeat to France final weekend, behind closed doorways they would even have been inspired by varied facets of play.
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Considering they performed a lot of the match at a numerical drawback after Pieter-Steph du Toit was red-carded, the Springboks did produce a formidable efficiency to not less than stay aggressive. In reality, for a great portion of the sport, they nonetheless appeared to be the higher facet.
Former Springboks coach Jake White has now shared how he actually noticed rather a lot to be inspired by, regardless of the frustration of the tip consequence.
“If you take away all the significant noise around the game, I thought South Africa were outstanding,” White wrote for RugbyPass. “From minute 12, with seven forwards, they took on a mighty French pack till the final play of the sport and for the final 10 minutes they have been all the way down to 13-men, with six within the pack, after Deon Fourie was binned – that’s one thing to be actually pleased with.
“The coaches will likely be saying, ‘geez guys, if we get Handre (Pollard) back, Lood (de Jager) and Lukhanyo (Am) back, we can trouble anyone’. Don’t neglect Rugby Snyman, both. He will likely be a large a part of their recreation for the subsequent technology. The actuality is a full-strength Springboks be a a lot more durable proposition to beat subsequent yr.
“The greatest tactical change I seen, was that they showed in Marseille that they can play a special approach. They picked a comparatively light-weight again three, with Willie le Roux, Cheslin Kolbe and Kurt-Lee Arendse, who’re mainly small, agile guys, joyful to run it again to the half-way line, or go huge, as an alternative of hoofing it. That in itself showed the general public that there’s another approach South Africa can play, not simply aerial battles and dwelling off the scraps.
I”n the previous, I’ve talked about that the Boks would solely change the best way they play if they got here up towards a facet who might beat them at their very own recreation, however they’ve pre-empted that and proven they have the gamers to trigger issues going round you, somewhat than by you.”
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SPRINGBOKS TEAM
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 81 caps, 65 pts (13t)
14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Toulon) – 22 caps, 61 pts (10t, 1c, 3p)
13 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 68 caps, 45 pts (9t)
12 – Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins) – 10 caps, 0pts
11 – Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) – 5 caps, 20 pts (4t)
10 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 25 caps, 25 pts (1t, 4c, 4p)
9 – Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles) – 44 caps, 30 pts (5t, 1c, 1p)
8 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 19 caps, 5 pts (1t)
7 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 61 caps, 15 pts (3t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 73 caps, 45 pts (9t)
5 – Marvin Orie (DHL Stormers) – 8 caps, 0 pts
4 – Salmaan Moerat (DHL Stormers) – 2 caps, 0 pts
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 56 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks) – 53 caps, 55 pts (11t)
1 – Ox Nche (Cell C Sharks) – 17 caps, 0 pts
Replacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 57 caps, 65 pts (13t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 69 caps, 5 pts (1t)
18 – Vincent Koch (Stade Francais) – 40 caps, 0 pts
19 – Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks) – 108 caps, 15 pts (3t)
20 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 29 caps, 15 pts (3t)
21 – Evan Roos (DHL Stormers) – 1 cap, 0 pts
22 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 22 caps, 40 pts (8t)
23 – Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers) – 1 cap, 0 pts
Springbok report towards Italy:
Played 15; Won 14; Lost 1; Points for: 701, Points towards: 174; Tries scored 96, Tries conceded 14; Highest rating 101-0; Biggest win 101 factors. Win % 93%.
Milestones:
- Siya Kolisi is the second most capped Springbok captain having led the facet in 43 Test matches.
- Eben Etzebeth is the second most capped Springbok lock with 108 Tests.
Miscellaneous:
- The whole Test caps for the Springbok beginning line-up is 544.
- There are 255 caps within the backline, with 289 caps among the many forwards. On the bench there are an additional 327 caps.
- The common caps per participant within the backline are 36, the forwards 36, whereas the gamers on the bench common 40.