Rugby Championship Springboks

The Springboks will get their 2023 Rugby Championship campaign off to a winning start – if bookmakers are to be believed! Photo: Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Springboks will beat the Wallabies in Pretoria – BET on it!

The Springboks will get their 2023 Rugby Championship campaign off to a winning start – if bookmakers are to be believed!

Rugby Championship Springboks

The Springboks will get their 2023 Rugby Championship campaign off to a winning start – if bookmakers are to be believed! Photo: Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

The Springboks will get their 2023 Rugby Championship campaign off to a winning start – if bookmakers are to be believed!

Leading South African bookmakers Hollywoodbets have installed the Springboks as overwhelming 3/10 favourites to emerge victorious on Saturday, 8 July at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.

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Eddie Jones’s Wallabies can be backed at 26/10 while the draw after 80 minutes is on offer at 25/1.

In terms of handicap, the Springboks are 9.5-point favourites.

Interestingly, in seven previous encounters at Loftus Versfeld, the Springboks have never lost to Australia.

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SPRINGBOK TEAM

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Duane Vermeulen (captain), 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Evan Roos, 21 Deon Fourie, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Damian Willemse

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