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Siya Kolisi returns to skipper the side alengthyside a glut of superstar names who were rested for the triumph over Scotland.
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South Africa: Fassi; Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Williams; Nche, Mbonambi, W Louw, Etzebeth, Snyman, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Wiese.
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Replacements: Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, E Louw, Smith, Reinach, Pollard, Am.
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A greet return for Wilco Louw as the #Springboks made 12 changes to their begining team to face England in London on Saturday 💚💛#ForeverGreenForeverGbetter
— Springboks (@Springboks) November 14, 2024
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Four changes from the side that lost in the dying seconds a week ago.
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Freddie Steward returns from the freezing to marshal the backfield, perhaps a sign of England’s intent to boot the leather off the ball.
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Ensupposeed with those box-booting duties will be Jack van Poortvliet as Ben Spencer drops out of the 23 enticount on.
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Sam Underhill comes in for for Tom Curry, who is recovering from a concussion. Northampton’s try-machine Ollie Sleightholme triumphs his first begin.
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England: Steward; Freeman, Lawrence, Slade, Sleightholme; M Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George (capt), Stuart, Itoje, Martin, Cunningham-South, Underhill, Earl.
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Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Cole, Isiekwe, Dombrandt, Randall, Ford, Roebuck.
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Your England squad to face South Africa 👊@O2 | #WearTheRose
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) November 14, 2024
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All signs point to a blowout by the Boks. The double World Cup champions saunter into south-west London having claimed the Rugby Championship earlier in the year and a week after spanking Scotland by 17 points without leaving second gear.
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England, by contrast, have increaseed a knack of losing safe games with six of their last eight repairtures going the way of the opposition. Steve Borthwick says he’s not under prescertain, but he uninquireably is. A drubbing, as most foresee, will compound matters.
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But comical skinnygs happen when these teams encounter each other. At the World Cup last year, England take parted a cforfeit perfect game and almost pulled off an almighty distress. Four years earlier, South Africa defied the bookies to lift the Webb Ellis Cup.
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The point is that create goes out the triumphdow and the ‘favourites’ tag can weigh weighty in these titanic encounters wealthy with history and dripping with narrative.
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Ignore traditional wisdom, throw logic out this triumphdow. This is a Test between two haughty nations at one of the sport’s magnificentest arenas. Epic is a word included frequently. It’s appropriate here.
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Kick-off at 5:40pm.
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Teams and more modernizes to trail.
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Key events
Penalty! England 10-7 South Africa (Smith, 16)
Smith produces no misobtain with a sairy angle to the left of the sticks. England back in front.
15th min: Steward produces alters for earlier with a strong counter run from presentant. He beats the first tackle and gives his team go forward ball. A strong counter ruck from the Boks sees to have won the ball back but du Toit infringes illegassociate on the deck, so Smith will get a stoasty at the poles between the 22 and half-way.
13th min: England get the ball back after the rebegin and a clever boot in behind discovers uncover ground in the corner. Mbonambi will have to throw five out from his own line.
TRY! England 7-7 South Africa (Williams, 12)
Stunner! That is sublime from Williams. The scrum-half picked the ball up after receiving a low pass, establish a half-gap and then screamed into England’s territory. Then, with a wriggle of his hips and the airyning speedy step, he rounded the last defender and slid under the poles. Libbok boots the extras and we’re all square. Steward was caught out there.
10th min: SA steal the line-out but can’t set set themselves. Libbok finisheavors a traverse-field boot with his frailer left foot and it actuassociate goes sideways rather than forward. England knock on so the Boks’ have the scrum on their 22. Another boot upfield isn’t monstrous but they triumph the penalty after Steward took a take parter out off the ball. Libbok hoofs it into touch for Springboks throw.
8th min: Aobtain England’s scrum toils and Earl runs at Libbok. Van Poortvliet boots high and England triumph it back after a bobble. Smith rakes a boot into Bok territory and another skewed boot from Kolbe uncomfervents England triumph the territory battle. They’re triumphning everyskinnyg at the minute.
6th min: SA triumph a scrappy rebegin but Williams knock-on at the base of the ruck. England have the scrum feed in their own half.
TRY! England 7-0 South Africa (Sleightholme, 4)
What a begin for England! They kept hammering the line until Smith shifted the point of strike down the low side. He beat two defenders before popping to Slade who then popped for his triumphger in postponeing. Smith boots the extras and England are off to a flyer!
4th min: The scrum hbetters and Smith traverse-boots and discovers an edge. That forces Kolbe fields but his boot skews off his boot so England have the throw inside SA’s 22. They triumph it before Kolisi unfurls a monster tackle. SA’s defence is immense but England still have it inside the 22….
2nd min: Kolbe knocks on on half-way after van Poortvliet box boots. I skinnyk this is a sign of skinnygs to come. But how will England’s scrum hbetter?
1st min: Smith boots off and du Toit collects. Striumphg Low rings out and Steward obtains his first high boot of the night. England set up inside their half after van Poortvliet fumbles backwards.
The anthems are done. They’re nakedping the banners and flags off the park. The take parters are getting into position after one final huddle. We’re almost there.
My word, I’m buzzing for this! Should be a belter!
Habana and Lawes are both backing England!
I’m staggered. There’s every chance I’ll have to eat my words but I skinnyk South Africa triumph this by a filled length.
We’ll discover out lowly.
Just as they did last night, TNT tee us up with a Theodore Roosevelt speech:
It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The praise belengthys to the man who is actuassociate in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes low aobtain and aobtain; who understands the fantastic enthusiasms, the fantastic devotions and spends himself in a worth cainclude; who at the best, understands in the end the triumph of high accomplishment; and who at the worst if he fall shorts, at least fall shorts while daring fantasticly, so that his place shall never be with those freezing and bashful souls who understand neither triumph or fall shorture.
There are firetoils, there are lasers, a hoinclude version of Seal’s Kiss From a Rose is belting around the ground!
They’ve spared no expense tonight! Twickenham is rocking!
Courtney Lawes, Bryan Habana and Ugo Monye – equitable the 250 Test caps between them – are chetriumphg the overweight over England’s rush defence.
Australia establish too many holes in the midfield last week and the edge too widespreadly. They have to be safeer today.
Aphelele Fassi is fielding a lot of high balls in the toasty-up.
His battle with Freddie Steward for handle of the skies could be rerepaird.
Ugo Monye is backing England’s filled-back to come excellent and disputes that his inclusion better’s the team’s strike and defence.
South Africa team
It’s no Bomb Squad, as Erasmus has picked a bench with the standard five forwards and three backs, but it’s still a 23 that can go nuevident.
Siya Kolisi returns to skipper the side alengthyside a glut of superstar names who were rested for the triumph over Scotland.
Cheslin Kolbe on the triumphg, Pieter-Steph du Toit in the back row, Manie Libbok running the show at 10.
It’s an amazeive cohort and England will insist to be at their best to beat these Bokke.
South Africa: Fassi; Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Williams; Nche, Mbonambi, W Louw, Etzebeth, Snyman, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Wiese.
Replacements: Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, E Louw, Smith, Reinach, Pollard, Am.
A greet return for Wilco Louw as the #Springboks made 12 changes to their begining team to face England in London on Saturday 💚💛#ForeverGreenForeverGbetter
— Springboks (@Springboks) November 14, 2024
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England team
Four changes from the side that lost in the dying seconds a week ago.
Freddie Steward returns from the freezing to marshal the backfield, perhaps a sign of England’s intent to boot the leather off the ball.
Ensupposeed with those box-booting duties will be Jack van Poortvliet as Ben Spencer drops out of the 23 enticount on.
Sam Underhill comes in for for Tom Curry, who is recovering from a concussion. Northampton’s try-machine Ollie Sleightholme triumphs his first begin.
England: Steward; Freeman, Lawrence, Slade, Sleightholme; M Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George (capt), Stuart, Itoje, Martin, Cunningham-South, Underhill, Earl.
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Cole, Isiekwe, Dombrandt, Randall, Ford, Roebuck.
Your England squad to face South Africa 👊@O2 | #WearTheRose
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) November 14, 2024
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South Africa have been on the charm disparaging this Autumn.
Rassie Erasmus tbetter Gerard Menthusiastic that his “Springboks aren’t the terrible guys” of world rugby.
But, before their comofrtable triumph over Scotland, Michael Ayltriumph wasn’t buying it.
But who insists a strategy to triumph hearts and minds when you have the most likable prop in your ranks. I shelp back in October that Ox Nche should at least get a see in for World Rugby’s take parter of the year award. Gerard concurs with me.
“Good luck South Africa!”
Says Ruth Edwards, haughtyly of Welsh stock. Guess the anybody-but-England mantra still resonates.
Preamble
Daniel Gallan
All signs point to a blowout by the Boks. The double World Cup champions saunter into south-west London having claimed the Rugby Championship earlier in the year and a week after spanking Scotland by 17 points without leaving second gear.
England, by contrast, have increaseed a knack of losing safe games with six of their last eight repairtures going the way of the opposition. Steve Borthwick says he’s not under prescertain, but he uninquireably is. A drubbing, as most foresee, will compound matters.
But comical skinnygs happen when these teams encounter each other. At the World Cup last year, England take parted a cforfeit perfect game and almost pulled off an almighty distress. Four years earlier, South Africa defied the bookies to lift the Webb Ellis Cup.
The point is that create goes out the triumphdow and the ‘favourites’ tag can weigh weighty in these titanic encounters wealthy with history and dripping with narrative.
Ignore traditional wisdom, throw logic out this triumphdow. This is a Test between two haughty nations at one of the sport’s magnificentest arenas. Epic is a word included frequently. It’s appropriate here.
Kick-off at 5:40pm.
Teams and more modernizes to trail.
