Etzebeth to captain Boks against All Blacks, Willemse at 10 | The Citizen

🏉Eben Etzebeth to lead the Springboks against the All Blacks in their Rugby Championship match on Saturday. Springboks RugbyChampionship TheCitizenSport Read the story

Etzebeth suffered a shoulder injury earlier this year which ended his United Rugby Championship campaign with the Sharks, but he is again fit and is joined in the second row by Lood de Jager, in what is a Bok team full of 2019 Rugby World Cup final-winning stars.

Willie le Roux, Lukhanyo Am, Damian Willemse and the front row of Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe , and Bongi Mbonambi will all start after participating in the season-opener against the Wallabies last weekend, which theBok coach Jacques Nienaber has again opted for a six-two split on the replacements bench in favour of the forwards, which mainly comprises of players who featured against Australia, including No 8 Duane Vermeulen, flank Pieter-Steph du Toit, lock RG Snyman and two backs in...

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