FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Pool B - South Africa v Canada - Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe, Japan - October 8, 2019 South Africa's Elton Jantjies kicks a conversion REUTERS/Rebecca Naden
(Reuters) - Flyhalf Elton Jantjies has had to watch most of South Africa’s recent success from the sidelines as the second choice to Handre Pollard, but on Saturday he gets his chance in the Rugby Championship opener against Argentina in Nelson Mandela Bay.
He was left out of the match-day 23 altogether for the British & Irish Lions series decider this past weekend as 37-year-old Morne Steyn kicked the winning penalty off the bench, and also played a bit-part in the 2019 Rugby World Cup triumph.
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