Rassie Erasmus is excited to see how Ruan Nortje and Aphelele Fassi fare against “one of the best teams in the world” when the Springboks and All Blacks clash on Saturday.
Jasper Wiese makes his first appearance of the season in a starting XV featuring a new lock combination as Erasmus rang the changes for the Rugby Championship Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
“It’s also good to have a player of Jasper’s calibre back and we know that he’ll bring a lot of energy on attack and defence after biding his time to return to the field, and we are looking forward to seeing his physicality combined with the rest of the back row.“We also have a settled backline, and Aphelele made a strong statement against the Wallabies in Perth, so we are excited to see what they have to offer against a heavily attack-orientated All Black backline.
“We’re happy that things will ease significantly for us in that department going into the second Test.”
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