{"id":22457,"date":"2013-09-06T14:09:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T12:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/five-star-springboks-to-watch-ahead-of-wallabies-clash\/"},"modified":"2013-09-06T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T12:09:17","slug":"five-star-springboks-to-watch-ahead-of-wallabies-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/five-star-springboks-to-watch-ahead-of-wallabies-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Five star Springboks to watch ahead of Wallabies clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Willie le Roux has been shifted to the wing but still poses a big danger. Photo: The Daily Telegraph<\/p>\n

Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer\u2019s team selection for Saturday\u2019s match against the Wallabies hasn\u2019t been well received back in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Fans don\u2019t believe it\u2019s a strong enough side to beat the Wallabies and end their eight-match losing streak in Brisbane. Nevertheless, there are still some Bok players Australia should look out for.<\/p>\n

Willie le Roux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le Roux has brought a new dimension to the Springbok backline. With his passing and awareness of the space around him, not to mention his ability with ball-in-hand, he can make the opposition look silly. Ewen McKenzie even described the Cheetah\u2019s flyer as, \u201calmost Australian\u201d, because of his high level of ball skills and rugby intelligence.<\/p>\n

Zane Kirchner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirchner has been given the nod at fullback and it\u2019s this selection that has irked South African rugby fans. Kirchner has been labelled \u2018Plain Zane\u2019 and has been criticized for being too predictable. Some of the criticism is warranted, but in truth Kirchner hasn\u2019t put a foot wrong in a Springbok jersey.<\/p>\n

Eben Etzebeth<\/strong><\/p>\n

The giant lock is recovering from flu and has been given until Friday to prove his fitness, but he has been named in the team. Should he be forced to pull out, it would be a massive blow to the Springboks. He\u2019s a powerful player and Meyer is keen to see what Etzebeth and Flip van der Merwe can produce as a combination.<\/p>\n

Bismarck du Plessis<\/strong><\/p>\n

The outstanding hooker spent years playing second fiddle to John Smit, then injury saw Adriaan Strauss take his place. But Du Plessis has finally been named in the starting lineup for Saturday after regaining his full fitness.<\/p>\n

Morne Steyn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Morne \u2018The Boot\u2019 Steyn is indispensable for the Springboks. It was his kicking that got them over the line against Argentina in Mendoza two weeks ago \u2013 and that\u2019s not the first time he\u2019s come to the rescue. If the Wallabies aren\u2019t disciplined in their own half, Steyn will boot the Boks to victory.<\/a> Simple. \u2013 The Daily Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n

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Willie le Roux has been shifted to the wing but still poses a big danger. Photo: The Daily Telegraph Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer\u2019s team selection for Saturday\u2019s match against the Wallabies hasn\u2019t been well received back in South Africa. Fans don\u2019t believe it\u2019s a strong enough side to beat the Wallabies and end their eight-match […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-22457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}