Siyamthanda Kolisi in Cape Town. Image: David Harrison / AFP
Springboks: 10 survivors from 2019 also start the 2023 final
The Springboks defend their Rugby World Cup crown against New Zealand. 10 players who started the final in 2019 will start in Paris.
Siyamthanda Kolisi in Cape Town. Image: David Harrison / AFP
The Springboks will defend their Rugby World Cup crown on Saturday against New Zealand. 10 players who started the final in 2019 in Japan will take the field from the start in Paris against the All Blacks.
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Springboks survivors
Bongi Mbonambi, Frans Malherbe, Eben Etzebeth, Siyamthanda Kolisi, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Duane Vermeulen, Faf de Klerk, Handre Pollard, Damian de Allende and Cheslin Kolbe are the men in question. It points to a seriously impressive level of continuity that 66.6% of the started in Yokohama will start in Paris four years later.
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Not since 1995 have the Springboks and New Zealand contested a World Cup final. Many neutrals, wherever they are, would have wanted this to be the showpiece and that’s what they’ve got.
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