Springboks v Wales: Team line-ups, kick off time

Springboks Rugby World Cup captain Siya Kolisi – as well as Ox Nche and Jaden Hendrikse – will make their first Test appearances of the year on Saturday when the team lines up against Wales in their second World Cup warm-up match at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

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Coach Jacques Nienaber named an experienced combination as he looked to start building momentum and cohesiveness within his squad for the tournament, which kicks off in France on Friday 8 September.

The penultimate World Cup warm-up clash kicks off at 4.15pm (SA time) this Saturday.

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Here is how the teams will line up:

Springboks – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Cheslin Kolbe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 RG Snyman, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Duane Vermeulen, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Damian Willemse.

Wales — 15 Liam Williams; 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Mason Grady, 12 Johhny Williams, 11 Rio Dyer; 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Kieran Hardy; 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan (c), 6 Dan Lydiate; 5 Will Rowlands, 4 Ben Carter; 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Corey Domachowski.
Subs: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 Taine Basham, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Max Llewelyn 23 Cai Evans.

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SPRINGBOKS RECORD AGAINST WALES

Played 40; Won 32; Lost 7; Drawn 1; Points for: 1 019; Points against; 642; Tries scored: 118; Tries conceded: 53; Highest score: 96-13; Biggest win: 83 points. Win % 80%.

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MILESTONES:

• Manie Libbok requires five more points to reach 50 Test points.
• Damian Willemse is only 14 points short of earning 50 points for the Springboks.
• Siya Kolisi needs to score one more try to reach 10 Test tries and 50 points.
• The Munster duo of Jean Kleyn and RG Snyman will start as a combination for the Springboks for the first time against Wales.

MISCELLANEOUS:

• The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 664.
• There are 269 caps in the backline, with 395 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 304 caps.
• The average caps per player in the backline is 38, the forwards 49, while the players on the bench average 38.

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