South Africa recalled the experienced trio of Lood de Jager, Elton Jantjies and Frans Steyn as they look to bounce back from consecutive defeats to Australia when they face New Zealand this weekend.
FILE: Australia's Quade Cooper looks for a gap during the Championship match against South Africa at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on September 18, 2021.BRISBANE - South Africa on Tuesday recalled the experienced trio of Lood de Jager, Elton Jantjies and Frans Steyn as they look to bounce back from consecutive defeats to Australia when they face New Zealand this weekend.
They have a huge task ahead, with New Zealand -- who this week overtook South Africa to become the new world number one -- on a nine-Test win streak while South Africa are coming off demoralising back-to-back losses against the Wallabies. He will reunite with Eben Etzebeth in the second row, while Kwagga Smith has been promoted to blindside flanker as Franco Mostert drops to the bench in what Nienaber said was a rotational switch to manage his workload.
"It's always a massive task to face the All Blacks," said Nienaber, whose team need to improve their discipline and accuracy, making too many mistakes at crucial times against Australia.
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