Strong team for Italy

Rassie has picked pretty much his first choice (based on available players) team for Italy. Seeing as the following games are against France and Italy – it looks like the youngsters were picked to get exposure in the Bok setup. The Boks currently shades the All Blacks to top the Southern Conference on points difference. After the next 3 games the top team in the Southern Conference will play the top team in the Northern Conference for the trophy. This means the Boks will have to win all 3 games (very likely also need point wins) unless Scotland or England can get one over the All Blacks.

15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Ruan Nortjé, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nché.
Bench: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok.