Wallabies and Springboks for Tri-Nations Test in Brisbane
WALLABIES:
15 Adam Ashley Cooper, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia; 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Saia Fainga, 1 Benn Robinson
Reserves: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 James Slipper, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Matt Hodgson, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Kurtley Beale.
SPRINGBOKS:
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Oliver, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar; 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Ryan Kankowski, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Reserves: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Points of Interest:
This test will be the Springboks’ last away test of the Tri-Nations.
The Wallabies beat the Springboks in Brisbane last year 21-6. It was South Africa’s only loss of the tournament.
This Wallabies team contains 13 of the players who played in that match.
It will be the first Tri-Nations match for Rob Horne, Quade Cooper, Salesi Ma’afu and Saia Faingaa.
On the bench Kurtley Beale, Matt Hodgson, Rob Simmons and James Slipper could also make their Tri-Nations debut.
Springbok Gio Aplon comes on to the wing for the suspended Jean de Villiers
Ryan Kankowski replaces Francois Louw in the Springbok loose forwards, BJ Botha starts ahead of CJ van der Linde, and Ruan Pienaar replaces Ricky Januarie as starting halfback.
Tags: Fantasy Rugby, Springboks, Suncorp Stadium, Tri-Nations, Wallabies
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