Team announcement

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a team featuring 10 changes to the starting XV for their second Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against Australia in Cape Town on Saturday, with Jesse Kriel leading the side for the second time in a Test, with returns for Cheslin Kolbe, Damian de Allende, and Bok centurion Willie le Roux.

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Sunday’s Women’s Rugby World Cup opener between South Africa and Brazil at Franklin’s Garden in Northampton may be the first Test between the two nations, but for Springbok Women utility back Nadine Roos, some of her opponents will not be unfamiliar.

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Match official appointments for the next few days have been made. James Doleman from New Zealand is in charge of the Springboks' second Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash against Australia in Cape Town, while Scotland's Hollie Davidson will referee the Springbok Women's Rugby World Cup opener against Brazil in Northampton on Sunday.

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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus and utility back Canan Moodie were adamant that they had to correct the wrongs that cost them a 38-22 defeat against the Wallabies in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship last weekend when the teams cross paths at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday.

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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has called up experienced Springbok wing Makazole Mapimpi to the squad ahead of their final Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against Australia in Cape Town on Saturday, as captain Siya Kolisi and Kurt-Lee Arendse were released due to injury.