Here’s when Springboks will name team to face Tonga!
Find out around when exactly the Springboks match-day squad for Sunday’s Test against Tonga will be announced.
The Springboks have quickly moved on from their 13-8 loss to Ireland at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday, with the focus now being on their MUST-WIN showdown against one of the Pacific Island nations, Tonga, this coming weekend.
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With the Springboks’ goal-kicking woes exposed and their breakdown work coming up short in their World Cup clash against the Irish, there are expected to be a couple of changes to team as Jaqcues Nienaber and co look to get South Africa back to winning ways.
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Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber will name his match-day squad for the clash on Wednesday evening, and this announcement is set to take place at 7pm.
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SOUTH AFRICA WON’T BE TAKING TONGA LIGHTLY
Tonga have struggled in their opening fixtures, conceding a total of 104 points to Ireland and Scotland, but director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has said they will be very wary of the islanders.
“Tonga have players who have played at the highest level for various countries and there are quite a few names there that scare you. They have individual threats, individual brilliance and are well coached. I know [Tonga head coach] Toutai Kefu really well. I played against him in my playing days and he was good at scrumming and mauling and lineouts,” the Springboks’ director of rugby said.
“Although we know the Tonga game will be a tough one, as the Scotland game will be for Ireland, that will probably determine who will be number one or two or three in the pool. I thought Scotland was always going to be a slippery game and it might be a tough one for Ireland as well, and so can Tonga be for us.”
SPRINGBOKS RWC FIXTURES
- Sunday, 10 September – Springboks beat Scotland 18-3 (Stade Velodrome, Marseille)
- Sunday, 17 September – South Africa beat Romania 76-0 (Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux)
- Saturday, 23 September – Springboks lost 13-8 to Ireland (Stade de France, Paris)
- Sunday, 1 October – South Africa v Tonga (Stade Velodrome, Marseille)
- Weekend of 14/15 October – quarterfinals
- Weekend of 21/22 October – semi-finals
- Saturday, 28 October – final