Rarely is an elevation to the bench as significant as that of Manie Libbok to the Springbok cavalry for Saturday night's clash against France in Marseille.
Libbok, you see, is more than your ordinary back-up. In this instance he is an insurance policy, that box at the bottom of the car-rental agreement you tick before proceeding. Their prang against Ireland in Dublin last weekend has prompted the Boks to stop tempting fate.
Though the Boks left it too late last weekend, Franco Mostert, Wille le Roux, Faf de Klerk, Bongi Mbonambi and Ox Nche all came off the bench to restore the spring in the Boks' step and did enough to force their way into the starting team. Mostert is an obvious inclusion after the injury that forced Lood de Jager out of the tour, with his long-of-stride effort at the Aviva Stadium justifying his place. .
“Jaden [Hendrikse] must have played six, seven games in a row. Faf brought good energy when he came on,” said Nienaber, who went on to explain why Cobus Reinach is on the bench.
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