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Nche Withdraws Due to Niggle

Springbok prop Boan Venter will start Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash against the Pumas at Hollywoodbets Kings Park, with Marco van Staden being drafted onto the bench, following the withdrawal of Ox Nche from the team on Friday due to a niggle.

Nche’s withdrawal necessitated the move of Venter, who was initially named among the replacements, to the starting front row alongside Malcolm Marx and Thomas du Toit, while Jan-Hendrik Wessels will serve as the back-up prop, with Van Staden providing hooker cover off the bench.

Similarly to Wessels, who can switch equally efficiently between prop and hooker, Van Staden can shift comfortably between flanker and hooker, which he proved at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Updated Springbok team to face Argentina in Durban:

15 Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 43 caps, 66 points (6t, 9c, 4p, 2 dg)

14 Cheslin Kolbe (Tokyo Sungoliath) – 44 caps, 121 points (20t, 3c, 5p)

13 Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) – 18 caps, 40 pts (8t)

12 Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 91 caps, 55 points (11t)

11 Ethan Hooker (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 3 caps, 0 points

10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers) – 13 caps, 58 points (17c, 8p)

9 Cobus Reinach (DHL Stormers) – 44 caps, 75 pts (15t)

8 Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks) – 37 caps, 10 points (2t)

7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 91 caps, 60 pts (12t)

6 Siya Kolisi (captain, Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 96 caps, 65 points (13t)

5 Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls) – 11 caps, 0 pts

4 Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 136 caps, 35 points (7t)

3 Thomas du Toit (Bath) – 28 caps, 5 pts (1t)

2 Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 82 caps, 120 pts (24t)

1 Boan Venter (Edinburgh) – 4 caps, 5 pts (1t)

Replacements:

16 Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls) – 30 caps, 15 pts (3t)

17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Vodacom Bulls) – 7 caps, 10 pts (2t)

18 Wilco Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 22 caps, 0 pts

19 RG Snyman (Leinster) – 44 caps, 15 points (3t)

20 Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 57 caps, 55 points (11t)

21 Morne van den Berg (Lions) – 3 caps, 10 points (2t)

22 Manie Libbok (Kintetsu Liners) – 22 caps, 128 pts (1t, 42c, 13p)

23 Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 23 caps, 10 pts (2t)

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