Dublin — Props Tendai Mtawarira and Coenie Oosthuizen both return to bolster SA’s pack as coach Allister Coetzee picked a strong team to face Ireland in Dublin on Saturday in the first Test of a four-match European tour. The two veteran prop forwards missed the narrow loss to world champions New Zealand in Cape Town in October – Mtawarira with a family problem and Oosthuizen after breaking his arm in the Rugby Championship campaign. Mtawarira replaces Steven Kitshoff, who drops to the bench, and Oosthuizen comes in for Ruan Dreyer, who is in the tour party but not in Saturday’s match squad. Damian de Allende will start at centre in place of Jan Serfontein, who was not selected for the tour as he starts a new career at Montpellier in France. "Continuity is important and we have kept changes to a minimum. I am really excited to see Damian getting an opportunity on Saturday. He has worked very hard and looked good in training," said Coetzee, who is seeking to portray the Irish as the f...
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