Nienaber defends Dweba, Duane calls

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber backed his decision to start Joseph Dweba and Duane Vermeulen despite their first-half substitutions after poor performances on Saturday.

Dweba and Vermeulen were substituted in the first half as the much-improved All Blacks powered to a bonus-point 35-23 victory over the world champions, the visitors having led 15-0 inside 20 minutes of the Rugby Championship clash at Ellis Park.

There was plenty said in the build up of the decision to start Dweba ahead of Malcolm Marx when Bongi Mbonambi was forced to withdraw to a knee injury. Marx was Man of the Match after the Boks thumped the All Blacks in Nelspruit a week earlier, while Dweba was starting just his second match since mid-June.

As there was no out-and-out wing replacement, Willie le Roux came on at fullback and there was a backline reshuffle to accommodate him, Damian Willemse shifting to inside centre, Damian de Allende to outside and Lukhanyo Am to wing.“We take players off early if they have done their job, or if they no longer do it,” Nienaber said. “Because we have six forwards on the bench, we can make those early substitutes. As soon as a player does not give everything, he is replaced.

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