Port Elizabeth – Rassie Erasmus, Commissario Tecnico del Sudafrica, ha ufficializzato la formazione che affronterà l’Italia sabato 12 luglio alle 17.10 al Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium di Port Elizabeth, partita che sarà trasmessa in diretta su Sky Sport Arena.

Questa la formazione titolare:

15 Willie le Roux (Vodacom Bulls) – 99 caps, 75 pts (15t)
14 Edwill van der Merwe (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 1 cap, 5 pts (1t)
13 Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) – 12 caps, 25 pts (5t)
12 Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 19 caps, 0 pts
11 Makazole Mapimpi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 46 caps, 160 points (32t)
10 Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers) – 19 caps, 98 pts (1t, 30c, 11p)
9 Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 17 caps, 20 pts (4t)

8 Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks) – 35 caps, 10 pts (2t)
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 86 caps, 60 pts (8t)
6 Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls) – 26 caps, 20 pts (4t)
5 Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls) – 6 caps, 0 pts
4 Salmaan Moerat (captain, DHL Stormers) – 10 caps, 0 pts – capitano
3 Wilco Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 17 caps, 0 pts
2 Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 77 caps, 110 pts (22t)
1 Thomas du Toit (Bath) – 23 caps, 5 pts (1t)

A disposizione:

16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Vodacom Bulls) – 4 caps, 5 pts (1t)
17 Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 40 caps, 0 pts
18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye (Lions) – uncapped
19 Cobus Wiese (Vodacom Bulls) – uncapped
20 Evan Roos (DHL Stormers) – 7 caps, 0 pts
21 Cobus Reinach (DHL Stormers) – 39 caps, 70 pts (14t)
22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers) – 8 caps, 52 points (14c, 8p)
23 Ethan Hooker (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – uncapped