Jacques Nienaber says Bongi Mbonambi’s ability to communicate with the referee is a big reason why the veteran hooker has been appointed Springbok captain against Argentina.
Mbonambi is set to earn his 60th Test cap when he leads the Springboks for the first time in his career in the World Cup warm-up against Los Pumas in Buenos Aires on Saturday.He takes over the responsibilities in the absence of Siya Kolisi, who is making encouraging progress following surgery to his knee, and fellow stand-in captains Eben Etzebeth and Duane Vermeulen, who remained in South Africa with a group of players in a conditioning camp.
“You want one guy to be speaking to the referee and it should be him. When there are discussions around set pieces and scrums, it’s normally the hookers. “He’ll be our voice and he must do what he does, with the same being applicable from a playing perspective.
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