The World Champion South Africa will face England tomorrow.
Coach Erasmus made changes to the lineup in previous matches and evaluated players’ form. Speaking to BBC Sport about the lineup planning, Erasmus gave the following statements:
“If you have the right players and the right management, it can galvanise the team, especially if you have two close games like that.
“Our reality is we are playing England, who we seldom beat here. We are expecting a team that will be really tight and will play for their coaching staff. They believe fully they can beat us.”
“England come off two narrow defeats, but the quality of their performances was good in both matches, so we know the size of the challenge.
“We lost narrowly to Ireland and France in back-to-back matches in 2022 and a year later were world champions, so we know we shouldn’t read anything into the last two results.”
South Africa’s lineup is expected to include Fassi; Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Williams; Nche, Mbonambi, Loux, Etzebeth, Snyman, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Wiese, with Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, Louw, Smith, Reinach, Pollard, and Am on the bench.
The return of Siya Kolisi to the team is especially exciting for South African rugby fans.
