Hooker to get his Bok opportunity

Rassie has overhauled the team from last weekend to give other players in his squad the opportunity to face Italy. Ethan Hooker should get his Bok cap in the second half along with Asenathi Ntlabakanye and Cobus Wiese (the brother of Jasper). Salmaan Moerat willl captain the team.

Italy were no pushovers and actually won the second half against the Bomb Squad. They did get away with a lot at the rucks but the Boks will need to adapt this week (better cleaning and presentation). The Boks struggled at times on attack (especially during the second half) even though they had steppers like Willemse and Kolbe available. The defense was also probably the worst I have seen from the Boks in ages.

If this team give the Italians the proper respect and keep to their structures and execute their set pieces properly they should win the match comfortably (10 points or more).

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Thomas du Toit.
Bench: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Evan Roos, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Ethan Hooker.