Springbok team named

Yesterday Heyneke Meyer named the Springbok team to take on the English in the first of three tests on Saturday. There were some usual names with the all Sharks front row named. Pierre Spies and Willem Alberts were also selected to add some experience to the forwards. An uncapped second row of
Eben Etzebeth and Juandre Kruger join the forwards.

In the backs there was but one surprise where Zane Kirchner was named ahead of Patrick Lambie who has been in fine form this year. Lambie who had to fill in at fullback during the world cup when Kirchner was not even part of the squad. The bench has a mix of experience with some youth and those players will be playing their hardest to make the starting line up for the next test.

The lock pairing of Etzebeth and Kruger is a formidable one, both players posing great physicality and Etzebeth with some speed to back up his size and strength. These two will be a force to be reckoned with come Saturday.



Above Juandre Kruger and Eben Etzebeth
(from http://www.supersport.com/)