The Springboks will head into Saturday’s conflict as overwhelming favourites towards Japan, however they will even be very conscious that any semblance of complacency may run them intro bother towards Eddie Jones’ unpredictable outfit.
Rassie Erasmus has named 16 gamers in his matchday squad that featured within the workforce’s 29-27 victory towards Argentina of their last Rugby Championship conflict earlier this month, which noticed them clinch the title for the second 12 months in a row.
In the meantime, Japan have named a usually thrilling workforce that apparently contains former Sharks participant Tyler Paul on the bench, whereas Durban-born Dylan Riley begins within the midfield.
The match kicks off at 18:10 (SA time) and shall be broadcast reside and completely on SuperSport.
LIVE SCORING: SPRINGBOKS V JAPAN
South Africa: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Ethan Hooker, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Andre Esterhuizen, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok
Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Kippei Ishida, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Charlie Lawrence, 11 Tomoki Osada, 10 Lee Seung-sin, 9 Shinobu Fujiwara, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Jack Cornelsen, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Kenji Sato, 1 Kenta Kobayashi.
Replacements: 16 Shodai Hirao, 17 Ryosuke Iwaihara, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Tyler Paul, 20 Faulua Makisi, 21 Kenta Fukuda, 22 Sam Greene, 23 Tiennan Costley.
Date: Saturday, November 1
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Kick-off: 18:10 SAST
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Eire)
Assistant referees: Ben O’Keefe (New Zealand), Adam Leal (England)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
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Stats and information:
Springbok file towards Japan:
Performed 3; Gained 2; Misplaced 1; Drawn 0; Factors for: 99, Factors towards: 44; Tries scored 12, Tries conceded 4; Highest rating 41-7; Largest successful margin 34 factors. Win % 66.7%.
Miscellaneous:
The Springboks’ solely defeat towards Japan was in 2015, after they went down 34-32 in Brighton of their Rugby World Cup pool opener.
The final time the groups crossed paths was within the 2019 RWC quarter-final in Tokyo, the place the Boks registered a 26-3 victory, and went on to be topped the world champions for the third time in historical past.
Siya Kolisi will play his 99th Take a look at match, leaving him just one recreation in need of turning into the ninth Springbok centurion within the historical past of the sport.
Zachary Porthen captained the Junior Springboks final 12 months and can turn into Springbok #953 on Saturday.
Jesse Kriel has scored 95 Take a look at factors in his 84 Exams and requires solely 5 to make it to 100 within the inexperienced and gold.
The entire Take a look at caps within the Springbok beginning line-up are 781. There are 316 caps within the backline, with 465 caps among the many forwards. On the bench, there are an additional 182 caps.
The common caps per participant within the backline is 45, the forwards 58, whereas the gamers on the bench common 23.
