Handre Pollard will make his return to the Springboks for the first time in over a year when he was named in the starting XV to take on Tonga at the Rugby World Cup.
Handre Pollard will start at flyhalf for the Springboks when they take on Tonga this weekend at the Rugby World CupSiya Kolisi captains South Africa for the 50th time as he runs out in the No 6 jersey.
Cobus Reinach starts at scrumhalf and will partner Pollard at half-back, while Andre Esterhuizen and Canan Moodie are the centre pairing. In total, 13 players in the match-23 were retained from last week’s 13-8 defeat against Ireland, with Siya Kolisi captaining South Africa for the 50th time. Nienaber expected a major physical challenge from Tonga: “They will enter with the mindset that they have nothing to lose after going down in their opening two matches of the tournament, so they won’t hold back.
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