Kurt-Lee Arendse: The Springboks 100% man!

Kurt-Lee Arendse has already dazzled for the Springboks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup. There’s more to come still.

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Arendse striving for perfection

Kurt-Lee Arendse has scored 13 tries in 13 tests for the Springboks. His dazzling 8th-minute breakaway try against France in the quarter-finals was lucky number 13. His immaculate 100% strike rate remains intact, and the 27-year-old will be confident he can keep it going against England on Saturday.

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SPRINGBOKS BOAST SUPERB RUGBY WORLD CUP RECORD VS ENGLAND

Saturday’s semi-final will be the sixth RWC clash between the Boks and England. South Africa won in the 1999 quarter-final (44-21) in Paris; the pool game (36-0) and final (15-6) in 2007, both in Paris; and the final (32-12) in Yokohama in 2019. England won the pool game in Perth in 2003 (25-6). The Springboks boast an 80% win rate against their old foes at the world’s biggest tournament, and two of those four wins have come in the match that matters most of all. Fresh in the memory, of course, is that dazzling 32-12 win in Japan four years ago.

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Kickoff from the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday 21 October is at 21:00. If Kurt-Lee Arendse is on form for the world champions, it might be finish and KLA for England.

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