Rassie Erasmus surprised many by making such wholesale changes to the Springbok team, but the coach has zero doubts about the decision.
Rassie Erasmus opted to rest Kolisi , Frans Malherbe, Gerhard Steenekamp , Bongi Mbonambi , Cobus Reinach , Kurt-Lee Arendse , Damian de Allende and Willie le Roux .are Cheslin Kolbe , Jesse Kriel , Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu , Elrigh Louw and Pieter-Steph du Toit .Back-to-back world champions, the Springboks, are sticking to the belief that they must find the balance between building momentum and expanding squad depth.
“If it’s Tony Brown coming up with the best attacking play, Jerry Flannery coming up with the best defensive system, or Daan Human with the best scrumming system, it’s irrelevant. Should Kwagga Smith take the field, he will need only five more Test caps to join the club of Springboks with 50 Test caps.
A win for the Springboks would be their third in succession against the Wallabies in Australia – the first time that feat would have been achieved since winning four in a row between 1971 and the return from isolation in 1993 .
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