RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP
Rassie builds experience and spreads game time
In keeping with his strategy to spread game time in his squad‚ Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named two uncapped players in his match day-23 for Saturday’s opening Rugby Championships clash against Argentina at Kings Park. Wildly gifted Stormers utility back Damian Willemse and flank Marco van Staden have been introduced to a team that sees sweeping changes from the one that did duty in the third Test against England in June. The coach did not say it in so many words on Thursday‚ but this is an evolving side and more changes are on the cards by the time the Boks host the Wallabies and All Blacks in their last two matches in the tournament. There will be pressure to win those home Tests and Erasmus was remarkably precise when asked how many changes he expected to make to Saturday’s starting team for those engagements. "Four‚ yes four‚" he said. Some of those changes are a result of some players’ commitments overseas‚ but there will also be a natural culling process. For his selec...
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