The selection of Aphelele Fassi at fullback is one of the bold selections made for this Saturday's Springbok Test against the All Blacks.
The selection of Aphelele Fassi at fullback is one of the bold selections made for this Saturday’s Springbok Test against the All Blacks.
“It’s also good to have a player of Jasper’s calibre back and we know that he’ll bring a lot of energy on attack and defence after biding his time to return to the field, and we are looking forward to seeing his physicality combined with the rest of the back row. Erasmus’ bench – which features a split of six forwards and two backs – will see Malcolm Marx, Gerhard Steenekamp and Vincent Koch in the replacement front row, while Elrigh Louw, Marco van Staden and the energetic Kwagga Smith will offer the team solid loose forward cover options.
The centre pairing of Jesse Kriel and Damian de Allende will extend their record of playing the most Test matches together in the midfield to 32 .
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