There are several players in the Bok squad who can play in more than one position.
in their second match of the Rugby World Cup on Sunday is a true testament to the depth in the squad.
Among the forwards, Trevor Nyakane, Deon Fourie, Franco Mostert, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Marco van Staden and Kwagga Smith can all play in more than one position, while in the backline the likes of Damian Willemse, Grant Williams, Willie le Roux, Jesse Kriel, Canan Moodie,, Cobus Reinach, Cheslin Kolbe and Kurt-Lee Arendse can double up in different positions.
Key to this is the fact the Boks’ management do thorough background checks on the players and they know which positions they played in in their junior years, and they let them run in their cover positions during training.
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