Springboks change half-backs for second All Blacks Test
Handre Pollard and Cobus Reinach return as South Africa reshuffles its backline after a 33-16 first Test loss, coach Rassie Erasmus said.
- On Monday, head coach Rassie Erasmus announced that experienced half-backs Handre Pollard and Cobus Reinach will start Saturday's second test against New Zealand in Cape Town, replacing Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and the injured Grant Williams.
- The lineup adjustments follow South Africa's 33-16 loss to New Zealand last Saturday, where handling errors hampered performance; Erasmus noted Cheslin Kolbe and Williams suffered "niggles" that ruled them out of contention.
- Utility forward Pieter-Steph du Toit will celebrate his 100th cap on Saturday, while 39-year-old Deon Fourie joins the bench as back-up and Ethan Hooker replaces the injured Cheslin Kolbe on the wing.
- Captain Siya Kolisi remains uncertain for the match after a hamstring injury, with Erasmus bracketing him alongside Paul de Villiers pending training results this week.
- South Africa must win on Saturday to keep hopes of a first series victory over New Zealand in 50 years alive, as Erasmus described the current deficit as "unbelievably frustrating" and requiring difficult solutions.
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Springboks change half-backs for second All Blacks Test
Fly-half Pollard and scrum-half Reinach replace Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, now on the bench, and Grant Williams, who is unavailable due to a "niggle". The changes were predictable as Feinberg-Mngomezulu, playing only his second match after injury, and Williams performed poorly in a 33-16 first Test loss last Saturday. A third alteration to the team that fell in Johannesburg is Ethan Hooker coming in on the left wing in place of Kurt-Lee Arendse.…
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 : Captain Siya Kolisi has been named in the South Africa side to take on New Zealand in the second test in Cape Town on Saturday, but only if he passes a fitness test later in the week, while flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been dropped.• Kolisi will take the place of Paul de Vill
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