The Springbok side to face the All Blacks at FNB Stadium (Soccer City) on Saturday, has been announced.
The same side which played the Wallabies has been selected, with only Coenie Oosthuizen coming in on the bench in place of Pat Cilliers.
Due reward was given to the side who played so well against the Wallabies, by keeping the entire squad in tact.
Springbok team: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Jean de Villiers (Captain), 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Marcell Coetzee, 20 Elton Jantjies, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Patrick Lambie.
The inclusion of Coenie Oosthuizen comes after he was cleared by medical staff, following him being sent to Durban for a scan on his neck, and where he was subsequently cleared to play.
It comes as no surprize that Zane Kirchner retains his starting spot and that Patrick Lambie remains on the bench after a stellar performance by Zane Kirchner and a slightly less than stellar performance by Patrick Lambie when he came on as replacement in the Loftus Test.
October 5th, 2012 at 16:46 SAST
@ fender:Ostrich believes his game plan hasn’t changed – perhaps we can we can say he’s taken his out of the sand and into the muddy waters???? As it’s very murky down there!