.Springboks captain SiyaKolisi_Bear is acutely aware of the role the national rugby team plays. Springboks IOLsport
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"When the Springboks were a whites-only team in the days of apartheid they divided the nation. Now, as a multiracial team chosen purely on merit, they unite the nation."It is hard to express just how much that means to us players. We come from different backgrounds, different religions, different cultures. But when we put on the Springbok jersey, we are one."
Kolisi, fellow forwards Jasper Wiese, Lood de Jager and Eben Etzebeth and scrum-half Cobus Reinach are the five starters retained. The Springboks have hosted the Pumas 13 times and won 12, including a 73-13 romp in Johannesburg in 2013. They replace Facundo Gigena, Ezcurra and Juan Imhoff as the annual four-nation southern hemisphere championship begins a 10th season, although South Africa missed out last year because of Covid-19.
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