South Africa have referred to as upon lock Lood de Jager for his or her last Rugby Championship fixture, in opposition to Argentina in London, after Franco Mostert was unable to journey as a result of a household bereavement.
Whereas De Jager missed out on this previous Saturday’s 67-30 thumping of Los Pumas in Durban as a result of damage, he’s recovered sufficient to make the journey to Twickenham to take over from Mostert, who didn’t journey with the crew.
Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus mentioned of the change on the SA Rugby web site: “All of us really feel deeply for Franco and want him energy throughout this difficult time, and we’ll help him in addition to we will.
“Fortuitously, Lood has recovered from his damage, and his expertise and management can be helpful in such an essential week for the crew.”
After touring on Sunday evening, the Boks return to coaching right this moment and Erasmus mentioned they have been feeling no ailing results of the journey up the continent.
“The journey to London was good, and with it being an in a single day flight, the gamers rested properly on the aircraft and look recent and able to get again into the swing of issues,” mentioned Erasmus.
“Fortuitously, the time zone is just like South Africa, so the gamers can bounce straight again into motion with none challenges. We’ll clearly handle them fastidiously this week to make sure we get the very best out of them on the sphere on Saturday.”
Erasmus added: “This can be a huge recreation, and we’ve got little question Argentina will come out weapons blazing to complete their marketing campaign on a excessive word, however on the similar time, we’ve got an opportunity to win the competitors back-to-back for the primary time in historical past, so we’ve got all of the motivation we want this week.”
South Africa at present maintain a one-point lead on the high of the standings over the second-placed All Blacks, who’re on 14 factors, whereas the Wallabies are in third place with 11 factors and Argentina are on the backside of the log with 9 factors.
