Twickenham target for Bok big guns

The Springboks plan to subject a strongest-possible lineup for his or her ultimate World Cup warm-up in opposition to New Zealand at Twickenham.

The All Blacks blitzed the Springboks within the opening quarter-hour of the Rugby Championship conflict in Auckland final week to earn a 35-20 victory, regardless of a spirited effort from South Africa within the second half.

In line with Sunday newspaper Rapportwith the intention to keep away from a repeat of what occurred on the Mount Sensible Stadium, Jacques Nienaber is able to ship out a full-strength lineup in opposition to the All Blacks at Twickenham on 25 August.

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The match will function the world champions’ ultimate match to fine-tune plans earlier than the 2023 Rugby World Cup kicks off in France.

Nienaber reportedly needs to provide all gamers a minimal variety of minutes earlier than the London Take a look at, utilizing the warm-up video games in opposition to Argentina in Buenos Aires (5 August) and Wales in Cardiff (19 August) to realize this.

The purpose is to make sure that, by the point of the Twickenham conflict, many of the Springboks have round 200 minutes of sport time below their belt.

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