Three players to make Bok debuts against Georgia

Backs Rosko Specman and Aphelele Fassi, and forward Jasper Wiese, will make their Springbok debuts against Georgia at Loftus Versfeld on Friday evening at 7pm.

The trio will hope to do enough to secure a spot in the 23-man squad for the upcoming British and Irish Lions Tests.

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Specman and Fassi have secured starting line-up status, with Wiese to come off the bench.

Springbok fans will be anxious, but excited at the same time, to finally see the national squad in action. The last outing was in the World Cup final in 2019.

Georgia is currently ranked 12th on the world rugby rankings and should not pose much of a threat for the world champions, but after no game time on the international scene since 2019, things could well become interesting in Pretoria.

The Springbok coaching staff will only have the two fixtures against Georgia to shape their combinations ahead of the first British and Irish Lions Test on 24 July.

Springbok team vs Georgia on Friday
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Rosko Specman, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Aphelele Fassi, 10 Handré Pollard (vice-captain), 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi and 1 Ox Nché.

Replacements
16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Marvin Orie, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Elton Jantjies and 23 Damian Willemse.

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