Afrigather The Springboks will play a inexperienced and gold on residence soil for the primary time post-World Cup once they sq. off towards Portugal at Toyota Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
A new-look staff will look to rediscover that profitable feeling for the Springboks once they sort out an unpredictable Portugal facet in Bloemfontein.
The Springboks will probably be overwhelming favourites to assert an emphatic victory, whereas a number of newcomers to Take a look at rugby will need to make an enormous impression forward of the Rugby Championship.
Saturday’s match kicks off at 17:00, whereas the construct up will start on SuperSport at 16:00.
SPRINGBOKS VERSUS PORTUGAL MATCH DETAILS
Previous to the historic encounter, you may take a look at some key details and figures beneath.
Milestones:
- This can mark the primary Take a look at between the Springboks and Portugal.
- Manie Libbok requires 13 factors within the match to hit the 100-point mark in Take a look at rugby.
- This can mark the primary time this season that Rugby World Cup winners Lukhanyo Am, Cobus Reinach, Manie Libbok, Thomas du Toit and Trevor Nyakane will run out within the Bok jersey.
- Salmaan Moerat turns into the 66th Springbok captain.
- Ought to Andre-Hugo Venter be despatched on, he’ll observe within the footsteps of his father, Andre Venter, who performed 66 Assessments for the Springboks between 1996 and 2001. They may turn into the 16th father/son mixture to play for the Boks.
Miscellaneous:
- The whole Take a look at caps for the Springboks’ beginning line-up is 228.
- There are 161 caps within the backline, with 67 caps among the many forwards. On the bench there are an extra 75
- The common caps per participant within the Springboks’ backline is 23, the forwards 8, whereas the gamers on the bench common 9.
HERE IS HOW THE TEAMS WILL LINE UP:
Springboks – 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Quan Horn.
Portugal: 15 Simao Bento, 14 Manuel Cardoso Pinto, 13 Jose Lima, 12 Tomas Appleton, 11 Rodrigo Marta, 10 Joris Moura, 9 Hugo Camacho, 8 Vasco Baptista, 7 Diego Pinheiro, 6 Jose Madeira, 5 Duarte Torgal, 4 Nicolas Fernandes, 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira, 2 Luka Begic, 1 Francisco Fernandes.
Replacements: 16 David Costa, 17 Pedro Vicente, 18 Abel da Cunha, Antonio Rebelo Andrade, 20 Andre Cunha, 21 Pedro Lucas, 22 Domingos Cabral, 23 Jose Paiva dos Santos.
