South Africa announced its training for the debut in the Rugby Championship: a surprise change and a historical record

Facing a new edition of the Rugby Championship, South Africa confirmed his training For him debut against Australianext August 16 at 12:10 in Ellis Park by Johannesburg. All rugby, in Disney+.

The captain will be Siya Kolisi, who will start in the eighth position for the first time, while Eben Etzebeth will also be from the start and expand his record as the BOK with more international matches, with 134. In this way, the second line will reach the historical top 10 in the global list of the greatest matches of all time.

“We have been experiencing with combinations of players during the July window and in our training camp in the last two weeks, and we believe that this team will allow us to play the type of rugby that we want to play against Australia,” Erasmus said after confirming the 23 that will debut in the Rugby Championship against Australia.

The formation of South Africa to receive the Wallabies

15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Edwill van Der Merwe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 André Esterhuizen, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Siya Kolisi (C), 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Marco Van Staden, 5 lood De Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nan

Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wesels, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Canan Moodie, 23 Damian Willemse