Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named a squad of 23 players for this weekend’s third match of the Castle Lager Incoming Series against Portugal.
The match will take place on Saturday, 20 July 2024 where Springboks will play Portugal at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein.
Salmaan Moerat will take over the Springbok captaincy for the first time
Kick-off is at 5:00pm (local time), and the game will be live on SuperSport (211) with the build-up starting at 4:00pm.
Tickets: R350.00 – R550.00 available at Ticketpros.
Springbok team to face Portugal at Toyota Stadium Stadium in Bloemfontein:
15 – Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 4 caps, 10 points (2t)
14 – Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) – 17 caps, 70 points (14t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 35 caps, 30 pts (6t)
12 – Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 17 caps, 0 pts
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 42 caps, 135 points (27t)
10 – Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers) – 14 caps, 87 pts (1t, 26c, 10p)
9 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 32 caps, 65 pts (13t)8 – Evan Roos (DHL Stormers) – 6 caps, 0 points
7 – Ben-Jason Dixon (DHL Stormers) – 1 cap, 0 points
6 – Phepsi Buthelezi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – uncapped
5 – RG Snyman (Leinster) – 36 caps, 10 points (2t)
4 – Salmaan Moerat (captain, DHL Stormers) – 6 caps, 0 points
3 – Thomas du Toit (Bath) – 18 caps, 0 pts
2 – Johan Grobbelaar (Vodacom Bulls) – uncapped
1 – Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Vodacom Bulls) – uncappedReplacements:
16 – Andre-Hugo Venter (DHL Stormers) – uncapped
17 – Ntuthuko Mchunu (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 2 caps, 0 points
18 – Trevor Nyakane (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 67 caps, 5 pts (1t)
19 – Ruan Venter (Emirates Lions) – uncapped
20 – Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 3 caps, 0 points
21 – Morne van den Berg (Emirates Lions) – uncapped
22 – Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers) – 3 caps, 7 points (2c, 1p)
23 – Quan Horn (Emirates Lions) – uncapped
Ireland defeated Springboks (25-24) during the second Castle Lager Incoming Series Test match on Saturday, 13 July 2024 at Hollywood Bets Kings Park in Durban.
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