{"id":203,"date":"2018-06-01T11:05:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T09:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.247bets.co.za\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2021-09-15T12:09:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T10:09:03","slug":"young-springbok-side-takes-aim-at-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.247bets.org\/blog\/young-springbok-side-takes-aim-at-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Springbok side takes aim at Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young Springbok team featuring no less than seven debutants will open their 2018 Test season on Saturday 2 June when they take on Wales in a once-off match at the RFK Stadium in Washington, USA, kick-off at 23h00 CAT.<\/p>\n<p>The friendly encounter, which falls outside of World Rugby\u2019s international window, will be an experiment for both teams and marks the first Test in charge for new Bok coach Rassie Erasmus.<\/p>\n<p>He has picked Pieter-Steph du Toit as his captain for this game against the Dragons, which will see Travis Ismaiel and Makazole Mapimpi (wings), Andre Esterhuizen (centre), Ivan van Zyl (scrumhalf), Kwagga Smith (flank), Jason Jenkins (lock) and Ox Nche (prop) all making their senior international debuts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the bench contains a further six uncapped players: Akker van der Merwe (hooker), Thomas du Toit (prop), Marvin Orie (lock), Sikhumbuzo Notshe (loose forward), Embrose Papier (scrumhalf) and Robert du Preez (flyhalf).<\/p>\n<p>The Boks do have an experienced core of players who will be tasked with guiding the rookies in Washington, namely Jesse Kriel (centre), Elton Jantjies (flyhalf), Oupa Mohoje (flank), Du Toit (lock) and Chiliboy Ralepelle (hooker).<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus has insisted that this is not a \u2018B\u2019 team and emphasised that places in the Bok teams which will face a three-match home Test series against England are very much up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Wales will also have an experimental line-up for the match, shorn of most of their British &amp; Irish Lions players. The red shirts finished second in this year\u2019s Six Nations behind Ireland and concluded the tournament strongly, claiming wins over Italy and France in March.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa and Wales have met in 33 Test matches in a rivalry which dates back as far as 1906. The Boks have claimed 28 wins compared to just four for the Dragons, though the British side has won the last two clashes: 27-13 in November 2016 and 22-22 in December 2017, both in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<h2>SA line-up<\/h2>\n<p>Starting XV: 15. Curwin Bosch, 14. Travis Ismaiel, 13. Jesse Kriel, 12. Andre Esterhuizen, 11. Makazole Mapimpi, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Ivan van Zyl, 8. Dan du Preez, 7. Oupa Mohoje, 6. Kwagga Smith, 5. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4. Jason Jenkins, 3. Wilco Louw, 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1. Ox Nche.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> 16. Akker van der Merwe, 17. Steven Kitshoff, 18. Thomas du Toit, 19. Marvin Orie, 20. Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21. Embrose Papier, 22. Robert du Preez, 23. 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