Veteran finisher Makazole Mapimpi does not make the cut in SA Rugby magazine’s 33-man squad chosen in anticipation of the announcement of the Springbok squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Veteran finisher Makazole Mapimpi is the shock omission frommagazine’s 33-man squad chosen in anticipation of the announcement of the Springbok squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
The official Springbok squad is set to be revealed on Tuesday afternoon as the world champions prepare to open the tournament against Scotland in Marseille on Sunday, 10 September. After plenty of debate, the SA Rugby magazine team came to a consensus on which players they would choose to mount South Africa’s title-defence.Among the forwards, six props were chosen, including Stormers duo Steven Kitshoff and Frans Malherbe, the Sharks’ Ox Nche and Vincent Koch, as well as Trevor Nyakane and Thomas du Toit. There was some dissent, with senior writer Dylan Jack opting to select five props and put Du Toit on standby, in order to pick an extra loose forward.
The team opted to take three out-and-out hookers, with Joseph Dweba serving as backup to Bongi Mbonambi and Malcolm Marx. This means that utility forward Deon Fourie was left out of the squad, despite writer Devin Hermanus arguing for Fourie’s inclusion with Dweba placed on standby. For the most part, there was consensus among the locks, with Lood de Jager and Eben Etzebeth joined by RG Snyman and Jean Kleyn. However, editor Zelim Nel placed Kleyn on standby and went with three locks, with Pieter-Steph du Toit and Franco Mostert providing cover at the position.
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