Patrick Lambie
Cobus Reinach
Rugby World Cup winners JP Pietersen and Schalk Burger will start Saturday’s second Test in the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour against England at Twickenham as the Springbok match-23 is retained from last weekend.
The five changes to the team are straight swaps between the starting line-up and the bench. Along with Pietersen and Burger, Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has handed starts to hooker Adriaan Strauss and the halfback pair of Cobus Reinach and Pat Lambie.
Cornal Hendricks, Handré Pollard, Francois Hougaard, Teboho Mohoje and Bismarck du Plessis will start on the bench.
“We’ve accepted our performance against Ireland last weekend was not up to scratch and everyone in the touring squad has put up their hands and dug deep this week,” said Meyer. “We’ve really worked hard at fixing the mistakes we made and the challenge is now to put that into action on Saturday.”
Meyer said the changes were not a knee-jerk reaction following the result in Dublin, but rather in line with rotational changes that he had in mind before the start of the tour.
Strauss, Lambie and Pietersen all started in the Springboks’ last Test at Twickenham, two years ago, while Saturday’s match will be Reinach’s first in the starting team.
“Pat started at Twickenham for us two years ago and did very well,” said Meyer. “He’s playing well at the moment and I wanted to give him the opportunity to start. Pat is tactically very astute and even though he’s still pretty young, he’s got a lot of experience.
“Adriaan, Schalk and JP have all started a number of Tests this year and they will slot in easily – we decided beforehand that we wanted to start all of these players in one of the first two Tests on tour.
“It’s a big occasion for Cobus but he would not have been here if we didn’t believe he could deliver the goods, and he’ll be next to his provincial team-mate in Pat.
“As usual, we’re also expecting our replacements to raise the intensity when they’re sent on and Bismarck, who had a very good game in Dublin especially in the set-pieces, ‘Oupa’, Francois, Cornal and Handré will provide important cover off the bench.”
Springbok team:
15 Willie le Roux (22 caps, 35 points)
14 JP Pietersen (57 caps, 90 points)
13 Jan Serfontein (17 caps, 5 points)
12 Jean de Villiers (Captain – 103 caps, 135 points)
11 Bryan Habana (104 caps, 280 points)
10 Pat Lambie (37 caps, 81 points)
9 Cobus Reinach (3 caps, 0 points)
8 Duane Vermeulen (26 caps, 10 points)
7 Schalk Burger (74 caps, 65 points)
6 Marcell Coetzee (23 caps, 30 points)
5 Victor Matfield (Vice-captain – 118 caps, 35 points)
4 Eben Etzebeth (30 caps, 0 points)
3 Jannie du Plessis (61 caps, 5 points)
2 Adriaan Strauss (41 caps, 25 points)
1 Tendai Mtawarira (62 caps, 10 points)
Replacements:
16 Bismarck du Plessis (67 caps, 45 points)
17 Trevor Nyakane (10 caps, 5 points)
18 Coenie Oosthuizen (18 caps, 10 points)
19 Bakkies Botha (84 caps, 35 points)
20 Teboho “Oupa” Mohoje (4 caps, 0 points)
21 Francois Hougaard (33 caps, 25 points)
22 Handré Pollard (7 caps, 61 points)
23 Cornal Hendricks (10 caps, 25 points)
Date: Saturday 15 November
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-Off: 16:30 SA Time (14:30 BST & GMT)
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Nick Briant (New Zealand)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
Stats and facts:
- The Springbok starting team boasts a total of 778 Test caps (343 in the backline and 435 in the forwards), while there are a further 233 caps worth of experience on the bench.
- South Africa and England have played each other 36 times since 1906, with the Springboks winning 22 Tests, losing 12 and two were drawn. The Springboks have scored 749 points and 69 tries and conceded 564 points and 39 tries for an average score of 21-16.
- South Africa and England last met on 24 November 2012 at Twickenham in London. The Springboks won by 16-15 thanks to a try by Willem Alberts and 11 points from the boot of Patrick Lambie (one conversion and three penalty goals). England kicked five penalties, three by Owen Farrell and two by Toby Flood.
- Jean de Villiers will extend his record as the most-capped Springbok centre, with 88 Tests in this position and will captain South Africa for the 32nd time, placing him third behind John Smit (83) and Gary Teichmann (36).
- Victor Matfield will extend his record as the most capped Springbok in history (118 Tests). He will also extend his record of 118 Tests as a lock and will also extend his record as the oldest Springbok ever at 37 years 181 days.
- Bryan Habana will extend his record as the most-capped Springbok wing, with 103 Tests in this position. If he scores a try, he will extend his record of 56 Test tries for South Africa.
- If he goes on and scores a try Bismarck du Plessis will extend his record of nine Test tries for South Africa as a hooker.
- Schalk Burger will extend his record as the most capped Springbok flanker in history (72 caps). If he scores a try, he will become the sole record-holder for most Test tries as a flanker (11), a record he currently shares with Juan Smith.
- Willie le Roux, Cornal Hendricks, Duane Vermeulen, Jannie du Plessis and Bismarck du Plessis have played in all 10 Tests for the Springboks in 2014. Bryan Habana and Tendai Mtawarira have both missed only one Test in 2014.
- Schalk Burger (Jnr) and Cobus Reinach are sons of Springboks. Schalk Burger (Snr) played six Tests for South Africa (1984-1986) and Jaco Reinach four Tests for South Africa in 1986. They played together in all four Tests against the New Zealand Cavaliers in 1986.
- It will be the fourth time in history that a Springbok team will have three centurions in the starting line-up. The three previous times were against Australia and New Zealand in the Rugby Championship and against Ireland last week.
- It will be Heyneke Meyer’s 35th Test in charge of the Springboks since he took over in 2012. Of the previous 34 Tests South Africa have won 24, lost eight and drew twice.
- The referee is Steve Walsh of Australia. It will be his 18th Test involving South Africa. This is a new record for a referee in Tests involving SA, breaking the record of himself and Alain Rolland. Of the previous 17 Tests the Springboks have won 13, lost one and three were drawn. His last Test involving South Africa was in August this year against Argentina in Salta in the Rugby Championship – a game that the Springboks won 33-31.
Springbok Test match records at Twickenham:
- Most points – 21 by Jannie de Beer (6p, 1d) against Australia on 30 October, 1999.
- Most tries – two by Chester Williams against England on 18 November, 1995.
- Most conversions – three by Ruan Pienaar against England on 22 November, 2008.
- Most penalty goals – six by Jannie de Beer against Australia on 30 October, 1999.
- Most drop goals – four by Andre Pretorius against England on 25 November, 2006.
- The Springboks have played 18 times at Twickenham, winning ten and losing eight. They have scored 283 points and 27 tries and conceded 296 points and 26 tries for an average score of 16-17.
@ nortie:
unbelievable… Hoeveel indiers het nou al 200s gekry?
@ Victoriabok:
Good idea, would like us to select an SA A team as well… The drawbacks could he the financial implications?
MacroBok wrote:
3, Sharma features twice….only Indians have managed 200 plus
264 Rohit Sharma
219 Virender Sehwag
209 Rohit Sharma
200* Sachin Tendulkar
@ nortie:
Wait till rohit comes to south africa:D
MacroBok wrote:
It’s an investment the All Blacks are making, they’re also promoting their brand
If people paid to see WP play Sarries, they would do the same with an SA A side
We could play England A, Ireland A etc as the curtain raiser for the senior teams
MacroBok wrote:
Nope, it is 4/33 – It was Tiaan Liebenberg, not Elton Jantjies that you also overlooked.
grootblousmile wrote:
Wie wou hy vir die afrigter gehad het?
@ Angostura:
Your right i missed him. He was part of the squad end of 2011 first i think?
@ Angostura:
Ok so its 4/33 according to you. Excluding other factors such as injury or simply not being good enough anymore. Lol
Central contracting….SARU must contract the top 180 players, the national coach picks 6 squads of 30 players each, from his first choice to his 6th choice…..name them the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers, Lions, Kings and Cheetahs or whatever, and they can play SR .
The franchises will lose their identities, tough luck, it will be the Boks, A side to F side or whatever.
The30 players in the “franchises” can include 5 junior Boks as well if they merit selection.
The Boks will in effect be playing all year long as a team and he can decide who can rest when and as needed
@ Victoriabok:
Maak nie saak nie hulle sou gekla het maak nie saak wie die afrigter is
Testing 123
@ Victoriabok:
England and ireland A do their tours mid. Would be difficult to wrestle 0layers away from SR franchise clutches that are not involved with the springboks… Like i said it would be interesting to see what the financial implications would be.
nortie wrote:
😆
@ ryecatcher:
Thanks Rudi
@ MacroBok:
😉
A work in progress….you will see countless “Springbok trials” during the SR as well
charlesm wrote:
165
And you believe that?
😉
Unhappy camper
When all your mates are drunk but you’re driving.
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195 @ ryecatcher:
No problem, Ou Grote… just do me a huge favour and do not wait 6 weeks when you can’t post, next time.. tell me the day it happens… I WILL make a plan!
nortie wrote:
196
Trials for the Beast?
for the Trevor??
Or for the Oupa???
Love to see that 😆
@ MacroBok:
Hi guys.
And pigs will fly.
(A flock of pigs???)
Hi Norty.How is the job going?
Regards Rye
After the post of IAAS yesterday, here are some more air control true stories
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Rye
@ ryecatcher:
Howdy uncle rye
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@ ryecatcher:
Hi Rye, going great thanks, really enjoying it.
How are things your side?
@ MacroBok:
204 Hello pal.You well?
178 @ Victoriabok:
VB, re your:
1. “After WC 2015” will be no different, perhaps even worse, with HM having vested only 4/33 new Bokke (none of them P’soC), & he relying on veterans from 2003 & 2007. What will HM’s legacy be for his successor?
2. So what was SARU’s contingency plan post 2007? And what is it now for post 2015? Why is post 2011 being highlighted?
3. As regards this point, was there ever a time when it was different? If not, why are you mentioning it?
4. A lot of senior players & potential future stars are injured in every super rugby tournament – 2012 was not an outlier.
5. A lot of 2012 selections were not just stopgaps – some of them were downright poor, & as regards those players mentioned by you by name, Juandre Kruger earned 17 caps courtesy of HM & Jacques Potgieter failed miserably under HM in 2012, but blossomed under Cheika in 2014.
More importantly the whole gist of your argument (“poor ole HM was dealt a bad hand, especially in 2012”) is actually not supported by HM’s own selection consistency stats which progressively became worse from 2012 – 2014:
“2012 = 2.73; 2013 = 3.12; 2014 = 3.82”
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BTW, I strenuously support HM as Bok coach, but he is not without serious flaws, & if I think he is at fault, I’ll speak my mind.
You, MacroBok, GBS & other like minded dudes are certainly entitled to your contrary opinions robustly expressed.
@ ryecatcher:
Im good. Jeepers everytime i see you on like i think of john lennon
@ Angostura:
Again 4/33 is a figure simply sucked from your thumb.
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