Peter DeVilliers has stated that the starting 15 for the Boks will be unchanged for this weekends match against Australia at Newlands in Cape Town. After a media interview earlier this week, the Bok Coach seemed to be hinting that Ruan Peinaar may be inline to take back his starting position at number 10. However he has decided against it, and who can blame him after Morne Steyn placed both hands firmly on the Springbok Flyhalf position by scoring all 31 points in the 31-19 victory over the All-Blacks in Durban last week. Thankfully now the Boks have two quality flyhalfs in the team, a stark contrast to 2007 when they seemed to have no one in reserve for Butch James. The center pairing of Jean DeVilliers and Jaque Fourie will also stay the same as well, the two have rekindled the flames of their awesome center pairing that was lost on that faithful day against Samoa at the 2007 RWC. Their is only one change on the bench, that is bringing Ruan Pienaar back from injury to replace Wynand Olivier. Lets hope the Boks can make it three out of three when they take on a formidable Wallaby team.
The Springbok team is (Test caps in brackets):
15. Frans Steyn (32)
14. JP Pietersen (28)
13. Jaque Fourie (47)
12. Jean de Villiers (50)
11. Bryan Habana (50)
10. Morné Steyn (5)
9. Fourie du Preez (48)
8. Pierre Spies (24)
7. Juan Smith (59)
6. Heinrich Brüssow (6)
5. Victor Matfield (85)
4. Bakkies Botha (59)
3. John Smit (86) – Captain
2. Bismarck du Plessis (26)
1. Tendai Mtawarira (15)
Reserves:
16. Chiliboy Ralepelle (6)17. Jannie du Plessis (9)
18. Andries Bekker (16)
19. Danie Rossouw (40)
20. Ricky Januarie (37)
21. Ruan Pienaar (31)
22. Adi Jacobs (24)
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