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Schalk Burger back in South Africa side to face England | Schalk Burger back in South Africa side to face England |
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South Africa have made five changes to their starting lineup to face England at Twickenham, calling up their World Cup flanker Schalk Burger ahead of Teboho “Oupa” Mohoje. | South Africa have made five changes to their starting lineup to face England at Twickenham, calling up their World Cup flanker Schalk Burger ahead of Teboho “Oupa” Mohoje. |
Cobus Reinach and Pat Lambie have been brought in at half-back following last weekend’s 29-15 defeat by Ireland in Dublin as Francois Hougaard and Handré Polland drop to the bench. | Cobus Reinach and Pat Lambie have been brought in at half-back following last weekend’s 29-15 defeat by Ireland in Dublin as Francois Hougaard and Handré Polland drop to the bench. |
JP Pietersen replaces Cornal Hendricks on the right wing while up front, Adriaan Strauss starts ahead of Bismarck du Plessis. | JP Pietersen replaces Cornal Hendricks on the right wing while up front, Adriaan Strauss starts ahead of Bismarck du Plessis. |
The head coach Heyneke Meyer told SArugby.net: “We’ve accepted our performance against Ireland last weekend was not up to scratch and everyone in the touring squad has put up their hands and dug deep this week. | The head coach Heyneke Meyer told SArugby.net: “We’ve accepted our performance against Ireland last weekend was not up to scratch and everyone in the touring squad has put up their hands and dug deep this week. |
“We’ve really worked hard at fixing the mistakes we made and the challenge is now to put that into action on Saturday.” | “We’ve really worked hard at fixing the mistakes we made and the challenge is now to put that into action on Saturday.” |
South Africa team to face England | |
W Le Roux; JP Pietersen, J Serfontein, J de Villiers, B Habana; P Lambie, C Reinach; T Mtawarira, A Strauss, J du Plessis, E Etzebeth, V Matfield, M Coetzee, S Burger, D Vermeulen. Replacements B du Plessis, T Nyakane, C Oosthuizen, B Botha, T Mohoje, F Hougaard, H Pollard, C Hendricks |
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