Springbok squad against the All Blacks

Props: Thomas du Toit (Bath), Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers), Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers), Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Gerhard Steenekamp (Vodacom Bulls), Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Vodacom Bulls).

Hookers: Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), Bongi Mbonambi (Hollywoodbets Sharks).

Locks: Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Salmaan Moerat (DHL Stormers), Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls), RG Snyman (Leinster), Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg (Montpellier).

Loose forwards: Ben-Jason Dixon (DHL Stormers), Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz), Siya Kolisi (captain, Racing 92), Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls), Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs), Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls), Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers).

Scrumhalves: Jaden Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Cobus Reinach (Montpellier), Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks).

Flyhalves: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers), Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers), Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers).

Centres: Lukhanyo Am (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Damian de Allende (Wild Knights), Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles).

Outside backs: Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls), Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Cheslin Kolbe (Suntory Sungoliath), Willie le Roux (Vodacom Bulls), Makazole Mapimpi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls).

So Saffex, has Moerat now fallen out of favour? He has been spoken about as a Springbok captain for the 2027 world cup - but I think with the rise of SashaZulu - maybe less so now. 

Dave

In essense I agree with your changes and am sure that some of those  wll be made n future squads.   I will add Le Roux to the changes to be made sooner rather than later.   Nobody knows what the situation as injury to Moerat is  but I do not think he would be  in the team in the AB tests.

As to he team selection the following would be in teh actual team to play New Zealand in the frst test against New Zealand:-

15    Fassi, 14   Kolbe, 13    Kriel, 12    De Allende,  11    Arendse,  10   Feinberg-Mnogemzulu,9    Wlliams, 8    Louw. 7    7    Du Toit. 6     Kolisi,  5    Nortje.  4    Etzebeth, 3    Malherbe, 2    Mbonambi,   1   Nche

Bench   -    16    Marx,  17   Kitshoff,  18   Koch, 19   Snyman, 20   Smith, 21   Hendrikse, 22    Pollard,  23     Le Roux

If the team is to include 6 forwards on the bench I would include Dixon as the replacment for Le Roux.

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