Disrespect? Springboks rest 13 stars for Wallabies

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By Sam Worthington with AP

The satellite champion Springboks contradict they are disrespecting the Wallabies by sending 13 apical players to New Zealand alternatively of fielding them against Australia successful Pretoria.

The database of stars preparing to play the All Blacks includes Malcolm Marx, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager, Faf de Klerk, Cheslin Kolbe, Makazole Mapimpi and Damian de Allende.

Inspirational skipper Siya Kolisi, who had country connected his close genu successful precocious April and is successful a contention to beryllium acceptable for the World Cup, is besides with the radical flying aboriginal to New Zealand for the 2nd circular of the Rugby Championship successful Auckland connected July 15.

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Damian de Allende of the Springboks celebrates with teammates aft scoring a try. (Getty)

South Africa were initially going to nonstop 14 players with the beforehand enactment but prop Ox Nche wounded his thorax successful training, meaning Steven Kitshoff volition stay with the Springboks preparing for the clash with the Wallabies astatine Loftus Versfeld connected Sunday (AEST).

"Our program from the outset was to prime a squad that we judge has what it takes to bushed Australia portion astatine the aforesaid clip selecting a radical of players that could question to New Zealand to springiness america the champion imaginable accidental to bash good successful some matches," Springboks manager Jacques Nienaber explained.

The Wallabies are yet to bushed the Springboks successful Pretoria successful 7 attempts but Nienaber is wary of the Eddie Jones effect.

"They are a apical people squad and person a large tactician successful caput manager Eddie Jones. This volition beryllium the archetypal clip we spot them play nether his enactment successful a portion truthful our absorption is chiefly connected our crippled and what we would similar to bash successful the match," helium said.

"This crippled is precise important to acceptable the code for america this season, and we cognize that careless of what benignant of play Australia dishes up it's going to beryllium a carnal and hard match."

With Kolisi and Handre Pollard injured, No.8 Duane Vermeulen volition skipper South Africa and Manie Libbok volition marque his archetypal commencement astatine No.10.

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Nienaber besides gave a Test debut to fastener Jean Kleyn - a South Africa-born erstwhile Ireland planetary who was precocious cleared to play for the Springboks.

Damian Willemse has lone precocious recovered from wounded and is connected the bench.

Like Libbok, flanker Marco van Steden is acceptable to marque his archetypal commencement aft having antecedently appeared for South Africa disconnected the bench.

It is unclear whether Nche will beryllium acceptable to play.

"We haven't received the results officially backmost yet, but we are making immoderate contingency plans for if helium is ruled out," Nienaber said.

"He was selected to start, and similar we said past week, immoderate of the players volition alert contiguous to New Zealand and immoderate of the players volition alert a small spot aboriginal successful the week.

South Africa manager Jacques Nienaber. (Getty)

"They'll lone alert erstwhile the squad that are going to play against Australia are bully and settled with a cleanable measure of health."

Jones was a advisor connected the Springboks coaching unit erstwhile they won their 2nd Rugby World Cup rubric successful France successful 2007 and coached England successful its nonaccomplishment to South Africa successful the World Cup last 4 years ago.

Jones volition sanction his squad connected Thursday.

SPRINGBOKS (15-1): Willie le Roux, Canan Moodie, Lukhanyo Am, Andre Esterhuizen, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Manie Libbok, Cobus Reinach, Duane Vermeulen (c), Pieter-Steph du Toit, Marco van Staden, Marvin Orie, Jean Kleyn, Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche

Reserves: Joseph Dweba, Thomas du Toit, Vincent Koch, RG Snyman, Evan Roos, Deon Fourie, Grant Williams, Damian Willemse

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