Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber surprised many by naming an unchanged match 23 for their Rugby World Cup semifinal against England.
The same players who did duty against France in last weekend's quarterfinal will feature in the semifinal this week against England.
Nienaber explained that after the entire Bok team that edged France 29-28 in their quarterfinal clash over the past weekend was passed fit, they saw no need to break the continuity after their impressive performance. That has continued over the World Cup so far with them making wholesale changes between each game so far, with Nienaber admitting that the physicality of the tournament played a big part in their rotation policy.
“If you talk about physicality, our players told us the Tonga game was one of the most physical they had played in. So the one group got nicely exposed to it against Ireland, and the others got exposed to it against Tonga.
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