Key forwards back to bolster Boks against Argentina


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's rugby team new coach Rassie Erasmus gestures during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa will have key forwards back from injury for Saturday’s Rugby Championship test against Argentina, and is including promising standoff Damian Willemse among the replacements for the first time, coach Rassie Erasmus said on Thursday.

Eben Etzebeth, Francois Louw, Malcolm Marx and Warren Whiteley all return to bolster the pack after missing the three tests against England in June because of injury.

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