Bok pack solid, but defence has flaws
Coach Erasmus expects a huge challenge in Mendoza and plans four or five changes to team
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus trimmed six players from his squad for this week’s tour to Argentina to play the Pumas in round two of the 2018 Rugby Championship. Lock Marvin Orie‚ loose-forwards Jean-Luc du Preez and Sikhumbuzo Notshe‚ scrumhalf Ross Cronjé‚ centre Jesse Kriel and wing Lwazi Mvovo will stay behind. Only Orie featured in the squad against Argentina last Saturday but failed to take the field to add to his one cap earned against Wales in Washington earlier in the season. The Springboks started their Rugby Championship campaign with a 34-21 win over the Pumas in Durban at the weekend‚ collecting a full haul of five log points for the victory. The Boks produced a patchy performance but still managed to score six tries – only the second time they have scored more than five tries in a single Rugby Championship match. Erasmus has now been in charge for five Tests, with the Boks winning three of those. They have scored 16 tries in those five Tests. Under previous coach Alli...
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