Batho Hlekani is een van die drie spelers wat deel was van die oorwinnende Junior Springbok W\u00eareldrugby O20-kampioenskapspan, wat opgeneem is in die Springbokspan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn totaal sluit Erasmus se span 20 voorspelers en 17 agterspelers in. Die Springbokke sal die Wallabies op Saterdag 16 Augustus in Johannesburg trotseer, en weer ‘n week later in Kaapstad op 23 Augustus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Dit is altyd uitdagend om die span te verklein, veral gegewe hoe die uitgebreide groep spelers hul hande opgesteek het tydens die Castle Lager Inkomende Reeks, maar ons het altyd ges\u00ea ons sal ‘n kleiner, meer hanteerbare span kies tydens die Castle Lager Rugbykampioenskap,” het Erasmus ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hierdie groep sluit verskeie ervare spelers en ‘n paar jonger ouens in wat hul kanse in die laaste paar toetse aangegryp het, so ons is tevrede met hierdie span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ons het ook die spelers op bystand ingelig oor ons planne en wat ons van hulle verwag, sodat hulle almal gereed is om op te tree indien nodig.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erasmus het uitgebrei oor die samestelling van die span en ges\u00ea: “Ons het waarskynlik drie spelers wat elke posisie kan dek, wat belangrik is in hierdie kompetisie, so dit was ‘n deeglike proses om die groep tot 36 spelers te vernou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Een van ons sleutelpilare as ‘n span is om spandiepte te bou, en daar is geen beter manier om te sien waartoe sommige van die jonger spelers in staat is as om hulle bloot te stel aan sommige van die topspanne in die w\u00eareld nie.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van die jong gewere wat genooi is om vir die volgende twee weke saam met die span te oefen, het Erasmus ges\u00ea: “Ons is geweldig trots op die Junior Springbokke vir die wen van die W\u00eareldrugby O20-kampioenskap en ons was verheug om die talent deur die junior geledere te sien kom, daarom het ons besluit om drie van hulle te nooi om by ons aan te sluit om hulle bloot te stel aan ons strukture en die standaarde wat op top internasionale vlak vereis word.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erasmus verwag ‘n heeltemal ander uitdaging in die Castle Lager Rugbykampioenskap as di\u00e9 teen die Barbarians, Itali\u00eb en Georgi\u00eb, en het ges\u00ea: “Australi\u00eb, Nieu-Seeland en Argentini\u00eb is almal in die top sewe in die w\u00eareld gerank, en as ‘n mens in ag neem dat ons verlede jaar die Castle Lager Rugbykampioenskap vir die eerste keer sedert 2019 gewen het, is dit duidelik dat dit ‘n heeltemal ander paar kouse sal wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Al drie spanne het ons die afgelope paar jaar geklop en hulle speel ‘n ander styl rugby as die ander teenstanders wat ons tot dusver in die gesig gestaar het, maar ons is tevrede met die fondament wat ons die afgelope paar weke gel\u00ea het en ons weet presies aan watter areas van ons spel ons moet werk voor die Castle Lager Rugbykampioenskap.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erasmus sal sy span vir die twee-wedstryd toer na Nieu-Seeland in September aankondig, waar hulle hul aartsvyande onderskeidelik op 6 September by Eden Park in Auckland en op 13 September by die Sky Stadium in Wellington sal trotseer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die span sal hul veldtog afsluit met toetswedstryde teen Argentini\u00eb in Durban op Saterdag 27 September en in Londen op 4 Oktober.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Springbok-span vir die Castle Lager Rugbykampioenskap-toetse teen Australi\u00eb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Voorspelers:<\/strong> Lood de Jager (Wild Knights), Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz), Jean-Luc du Preez (Bordeaux Begles), Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Siya Kolisi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Wilco Louw (Vodacom Bulls), Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), Bongi Mbonambi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Franco Mostert (Honda Heat), Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls), Asenathi Ntlabakanye (Lions), Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs), RG Snyman (Leinster), Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets), Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls), Boan Venter (Edinburgh), Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Vodacom Bulls), Cobus Wiese (Vodacom Bulls).<\/p>\n\n\n\nAgterspelers:<\/strong> Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls), Damian de Allende (Wild Knights), Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers), Ethan Hooker (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles), Cheslin Kolbe (Tokyo Sungoliath), 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