With his 49 Test caps, Jessie Kriel contributes organisational skills and knowledge, coach Nienaber says
With his 49 Test caps, Jessie Kriel contributes organisational skills and knowledge, says coach NienaberAphelele Fassi during the South African national men's rugby team training session at Treforest Campus in Pontypridd, Wales, on November 01 2021. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/STEVE HAAG
The expectation was that Fassi‚ a player capable of operating across the back three‚ would be handed either the No 14 or No 15 jersey in his second Test. “Jesse played wing for us before‚ so it’s not an experiment. We’ve seen what he can do when he started at wing against the All Blacks in 2018 in Wellington‚” said Nienaber about the Springboks’ dramatic 36-34 win in the New Zealand capital.
Without Le Roux who has 70 Tests‚ they were always going to find a player who can bolster the Test cap count in the back three even if it isn’t necessarily directly relevant experience. The only other occasion Kriel filled the Bok No 14 jersey was against Argentina in 2015.
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