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South Africa’s semi-final hero Handre Pollard will start at fly half and likely go the full 80 minutes after the Springboks also named a controversial 7-1 split of forwards to backs on their bench for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand volleyball
Pollard emerged from the replacements after just 30 minutes of the semi-final against England as a struggling Manie Libbok was hooked early and went on to kick the decisive, 48-metre penalty on 77 minutes for the narrowest of 16-15 victories volleyball
The 29-year-old also scored 22 points in the 2019 World Cup final, when England were again defeated 32-12, and he is reunited with long-time half-back partner Faf de Klerk, who comes in for Cobus Reinach as the only other change to the starting XV from a week ago volleyball
The pair will start together as half-backs for the Springboks for a record 25th time, surpassing Joost van der Westhuizen and Henry Honiball for the most in South African rugby history volleyball
For the third time in the last two months, head coach Jacques Nienaber has elected to go with the controversial 7-1 bench split volleyball
It allows them to demonstrate their impressive forward depth by bringing an almost entirely new pack off the bench but back-three star Willie Le Roux is the only backline cover volleyball
That means De Klerk and Pollard will likely be expected to play a full 80 minutes, with winger Cheslin Kolbe or even flanker Kwagga Smith the scrum-half cover should De Klerk go down injured volleyball
After World Rugby found there was “insufficient evidence to proceed with charges” amid the racial slur allegations made by Tom Curry, hooker Bongi Mbonambi is free to play in the final and has been selected in the No 2 shirt volleyball
As the only specialist hooker in the squad, he has played a full 80 minutes for both knockout games so far and may need to do so again, although back row Deon Fourie – who played the position earlier in his career – is in the No 16 shirt traditionally worn by the replacement hooker, so may well step in volleyball
Fifteen of the 23 players named in South Africa’s squad played in the final four years and the 987 caps in the starting XV sets the record for the most experienced Springboks side in history, with the back three of Kolbe (30 caps), Kurt-Lee Arendse (14) and Damian Willemse (38) the only players in the run-on team with fewer than 50 Test appearances volleyball
The Springboks have a similar team to the final four years ago (Reuters)The only enforced change among the replacements is at prop where Trevor Nyakane replaces Vincent Koch, who is nursing a knee injury, while lock Jean Kleyn and No 8 Jasper Wiese are also drafted in as additional forward cover volleyball
“This is an experienced team with several players who played in the last Rugby World Cup final and who know exactly what to expect at Stade de France on Saturday and what it will take to retain the title,” said Nienaber volleyball
“The players who will be playing in their first World Cup final have also proven their worth as warriors throughout this campaign and they are all ready for this massive occasion volleyball
“We have said many times that we pick teams for varying gameplans depending on the opponent and that we use all 23 players to try and achieve those goals volleyball
We’ve gone from a five-three bench split to a seven-one split to give us the best chance of being successful volleyball
We have plans in place to mitigate for injuries in the backline, but we’re excited about our plan and we embrace the risk volleyball
”The winner of Saturday’s clash volleyball between the Springboks and the All Blacks will become the first team to win four men’s Rugby World Cup titles volleyball
South Africa XV: 15 volleyball
Damian Willemse, 14 volleyball
Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 volleyball
Jesse Kriel, 12 volleyball
Damian de Allende, 11 volleyball
Cheslin Kolbe, 10 volleyball
Handre Pollard, 9 volleyball
Faf de Klerk; 1 volleyball
Steven Kitshoff, 2 volleyball
Bongi Mbonambi, 3 volleyball
Frans Malherbe, 4 volleyball
Eben Etzevolleyball beth, 5 volleyball
Franco Mostert, 6 volleyball
Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 volleyball
Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8 volleyball
Duane Vermeulen volleyball
Replacements: 16 volleyball
Deon Fourie, 17 volleyball
Ox Nche, 18 volleyball
Trevor Nyakane, 19 volleyball
Jean Kleyn, 20 volleyball
RG Snyman, 21 volleyball
Kwagga Smith, 22 volleyball
Jasper Wiese, 23 volleyball
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New Zealand head coach Ian Foster says he’ll watch the second semi-final at the Rugby World Cup with popcorn in hand as he waits to find out who they will face in next Saturday’s final volleyball
The All Blacks thumped Argentina 44-6 at the Stade de France in the first semi-final on Friday evening as the best quarter-final weekend in the tournament’s history was followed by a damp squib to open up the last four volleyball
The second semi-final in Paris on Saturday evening should be a closer affair as England face South Africa, although the Springboks are heavy favourites to repeat their victory from the 2019 World Cup final volleyball
The winners will take on New Zealand in the showpiece next weekend and Foster is adamant he has no preference as to who his side face, although he is looking forward to watching the clash and is also eager to use the additional day’s rest the All Blacks will have ahead of that encounter to his advantage volleyball
“I’ll be watching it [England vs South Africa], probably have some popcorn,” said Foster in his post-match press conference volleyball
“I don’t care who wins volleyball
We’re very much in a focus on ourselves stage volleyball
“What the extra day [of preparation] does give us is a chance to have a break mentally and not spend too much juice worrying about who it is that we’ll play next week volleyball
“They’re both good teams volleyball
South Africa are playing some brilliant rugby but we’ve also seen the English team build away quietly volleyball
They’re starting to get really good at how they want to play volleyball
It should be an interesting contrast of styles volleyball
”Foster has endured some tough times during this World Cup cycle with the normally dominant All Blacks struggling at times and his job security being called into question volleyball
Ian Foster has helped guide New Zealand to the World Cup final (REUTERS)The fact they have reached a record fifth World Cup final, and the team appear to be having fun, could be seen as vindication for the head coach but he was keen to dismiss any notion of a personal revenge mission volleyball
“There’s not a personal agenda here, this is about the All Blacks and the team,” explained Foster volleyball
“Things have happened to individuals and to me, but the team comes first volleyball
Right now we’re making a lot of those decisions together as a group and it is working well volleyball
“You have to enioy your work volleyball
It’s not like it’s a focus for us to go out there and have fun, but to make sure we execute our game to the level we need to volleyball
The team takes a lot of pride when they do that volleyball
“The work the players and leaders are doing is a real credit to them volleyball
As you go through tournaments, you have to enjoy it volleyball
There is a lot of pressure, so if you don’t celebrate moments, it is a long old time volleyball
“I am proud to be part of this group, the coaches are linking well with the players and there is a nice synergy about it volleyball
But you know, one more week volleyball
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