South Africa V Australia: Rugby Championship Test – Live

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Springboks team

Rassie Erasmus named his squad connected Monday and it’s 1 that promises loads of running.

Manie Libbok astatine fly-half will beryllium keen to fto nan shot singing and has a freewheeling scrum-half wrong him successful Grant Williams, arguably nan fastest man among nan 46 progressive today.

Siya Kolisi plays astatine No. 8 and location are 5 forwards and 3 backs connected nan bench, a departure from nan Bomb Squad maneuver that has brought truthful overmuch occurrence complete nan past six years.

Eben Etzebeth’s conflict pinch Will Skelton successful nan tight exchanges could plaything nan contest.

Springboks: 1 – Nche, 2 – Marx, 3 – Louw, 4 – Etzebeth, 5 – de Jager, 6 – van Staden, 7 – du Toit, 8 – Kolisi (c); 9 – Williams, 10 – Libbok; 11 – Arendse, 12 – Esterhuizen, 13 – Kriel, 14 – van der Merwe; 15 Fassi.

Replacements: 16 – Mbonambi, 17 – Wessels, 18 – Ntlabakanye, 19 – Mostert, 20 – Smith, 21 – Reinach, 22 – Moodie, 23 – Willemse.

Preamble

There’s a saying successful cricket that you can’t judge a transportation until some sides person had a bat.

Here’s my balanced for rugby: You can’t judge nan powerfulness of a battalion until it’s gone toed to toed pinch nan Springboks.

The Wallabies mightiness person mislaid nan bid against nan British & Irish Lions, but immoderate of their large boys near pinch reputations enhanced. Will Skelton, Rob Valetini, Taniela Tupou, Nick Frost, Tom Hooper, Langi Gleeson; wherever location were concerns astir nan Aussies expertise to operation it pinch large boys there’s now assurance successful nan gangly timber.

Well, let’s spot really difficult they really are. Because bullying nan Lions is 1 thing. Standing patient against nan double world champions connected their ain spot is thing other entirely.

They’ll person to do it without Valetini, for my money nan astir destructive loose guardant successful nan world (Pieter-Steph du Toit fans, I said ‘destructive’, not ‘best’). But, pinch six forwards connected nan chair compared to nan Boks’ 5 successful reserve, Joe Schmidt still has capable to origin a seismic upset. Or does he?

We’ll find retired successful a spot erstwhile nan aged frenemies fastener horns astatine nan Home of Rugby that is Ellis Park successful Johannesburg.

Get successful touch if you want to stock thing pinch nan group. Reckon nan Wallabies person nan requisite meat? Will nan Boks razzle-dazzle pinch a zippy backline? Want to propulsion maine up connected thing I’ve said already? My doorway is open.

Kick-off astatine 4:10 p.m. section time, 0:10 americium AEST.

Teams and different bits to come.