Allister Coetzee Namibia

Namibia head coach Allister Coetzee has announced his squad to face Uruguay in Lyon on Wednesday, 27 September. Photo: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix

Allister Coetzee names Namibia side for Uruguay ‘final’

Namibia head coach Allister Coetzee has announced his squad to face Uruguay in Lyon on Wednesday, 27 September.

Allister Coetzee Namibia

Namibia head coach Allister Coetzee has announced his squad to face Uruguay in Lyon on Wednesday, 27 September. Photo: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix

Namibia head coach Allister Coetzee has announced his squad to face Uruguay in Lyon on Wednesday, 27 September.

Kick-off is at 17:45 (SA time).

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Coetzee has made seven personnel changes to his starting XV from their last game against France, with four in the forward pack and three in the backline.

Johan Coetzee and Gerswin Mouton will be the only two players to have started all four matches at this tournament.

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There are 14 survivors in the match-day team from their 26-18 loss against Uruguay, including nine in the starting XV – Adriaan Ludick, Prince Gaoseb, Damian Stevens, Tiaan Swanepoel (pictured), Danco Burger, Gerswin Mouton, JC Greyling Richard Hardwick and captain Tjiuee Uanivi.

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Tjiuee Uanivi will captain Namibia for the fifth time after leading the team against Uganda and Kenya in 2016, and against Italy and South Africa at Rugby World Cup 2019.

Gerswin Mouton has scored Namibia’s only try at this tournament, and is one of only five players to have made a line-break, with two against Italy in the opening round.

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If used off the bench, PJ van Lill will play his 12th Rugby World Cup match moving to outright second on Namibia’s all-time list – only Eugene Jantjies has played more games with 14.  

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TEAMS

Namibia

15 Cliven Loubser, 14 Gerswin Mouton, 13 Alcino Izaacs, 12 Danco Burger, 11 JC Greyling, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 9 Damian Stevens, 8 Richard Hardwick, 7 Tjiuee Uanivi (captain), 6 Prince Gaoseb, 5 Tiaan de Klerk, 4 Adriaan Ludick, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Jason Benade

Replacements: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Desiderius Sethie, 18 Haitembu Shifuka, 19 PJ Van Lill, 20 Max Katjijeko, 21 Adriaan Booysen, 22 Jacques Theron, 23 Andre van der Bergh

Uruguay

TBA

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