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The big Bok No.8 problem – Wiese’s wheels need support | SA News

OPINION: Jasper Wiese’s absence and return have reinforced the need for the Springboks to install a suitable back-up option during the upcoming November tour.

When Wiese is at the base of the pack, fit and firing, the Springboks have a brutally simple answer at No.8: a battering ram who wins collisions, racks up post-contact metres and gives the backline momentum from which to launch.

Wiese’s suspension-enforced absence and subsequent return during the Rugby Championship did, however, reinforce a selection problem.

There isn’t – at this stage – a natural like-for-like substitute to step in when the Upington Express stutters.

Since Duane Vermeulen’s final bow at the 2023 World Cup, Wiese…

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