LIVE SCORING RECAP | Springboks annihilate Romania

Earlier this week, Springboks coach Jacques Nienaber notably named a new-look match-23 to face Romania as he spread the playing load for the team’s second Pool B Rugby World Cup clash on Sunday.

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The Springboks were always expected to claim a comfortable victory, and they did just that – and then some – as they walked away with a 76-0 triumph.

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TEAM TO FACE ROMANIA IN BORDEAUX:

15 – Willie le Roux (Vodacom Bulls) – 88 caps, 65 pts (13t)
14 – Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 6 caps, 0 points
13 – Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) – 8 caps, 20 pts (4t)
12 – Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins) – 14 caps, 0 pts
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 39 caps, 115 pts (23t)
10 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 34 caps, 41 pts (3t, 4c, 4pg, 2dg)
9 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 27 caps, 45 pts (9t)

8 – Duane Vermeulen (SA Rugby) – 71 caps, 15 pts (3t)
7 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 34 caps, 30 pts (6t)
6 – Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls) – 15 caps, 0 points
5 – Marvin Orie (DHL Stormers) – 14 caps, 0 pts
4 – Jean Kleyn (Munster) – 4 caps, 0 pts (Ireland 5 caps)
3 – Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 46 caps, 0 pts
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (captain, Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 63 caps, 65 points (13t)
1 – Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 22 caps, 0 points

Replacements:
16 – Deon Fourie (DHL Stormers) – 7 caps, 0 pts
17 – Steven Kitshoff (Ulster) – 77 caps, 10 points (2t)
18 – Trevor Nyakane (Racing 92) – 63 caps, 5 points (1t)
19 – RG Snyman (Munster) – 29 caps, 5 points (1t)
20 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 24 caps, 5 points (1t)
21 – Jaden Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 13 caps, 12 pts (2t, 1c)
22 – Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles) – 50 caps, 46 points (5t, 3c, 5pg)
23 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 63 caps, 70 points (14t)

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STATS AND FACTS:

Springbok record against Romania:
Played 1, Won 1. Points for: 21, Points against: 8. Tries scored: 2, Tries conceded: 1. Win %: 100%.

Milestones:

• Makazole Mapimpi will start at wing for the 39^th time in his Bok career, which will place him joint-fifth on the list of most Test starts at wing for the Springboks with Pieter Rossouw.
• This will be Vincent Koch’s first start for the Springboks since the RWC pool game against Canada on 8 October 2019. Since then, he has played off the bench in 28 Tests.
• Only one Springbok has scored a try against Romania – Adriaan Richter. The No 8 scored both the Boks’ tries in their RWC pool game against the Oaks in 1995, a match in which he captained South Africa.

Miscellaneous:

• The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 484.
• There are 216 caps in the backline, with 268 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 326 caps.
• The average caps per player in the backline is 30, the forwards 33, while the players on the bench average 40.

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Andre Esterhuizen and Canan Moodie are reunited in the Bok midfield for this match.