Here are five things to look out for when the world champion Springboks host Ireland in the first of two Tests in SA on Saturday.
Rugby fans are sure to keep a close eye on the performances of several Bok players at Loftus on Saturday.are Six Nations winners and the only side to have beaten the South Africans en route to their World Cup title in France last year.
While Le Roux has tons of experience, having played 93 Tests, and is viewed by all his coaches, wherever he has played, as a key men in the backs because of his reading of the play, organisation and all-round skills, is he still the best man for the job?It is not a surprise Rassie Erasmus has picked the two double World Cup winners, who helped the Boks win the title in France last year, because they are steady, solid operators and in Pollard’s case, he’s a Deadeye Dick with the boot.
Pollard, too, has the likes of the attack-minded Manie Libbok and others eyeing his position, some of them rising flyhalves who’re not even in the Bok squad at the moment.There is no Duane Vermeulen, who has retired, and Jasper Wiese is suspended, so Kwagga Smith starts at eighthman – how will this impact and change the dynamic of the back-row? Evan Roos and other in-form loosies will feel they deserve a crack.
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