Ox Nche was initially one of eight players retained from last Saturday’s starting side versus England named to start versus the Welsh in the final match of South Africa’s three-game Autumn Nations Series.
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has signed a new deal with the IRFU, extending his stay with the club until 2027.
World champions South Africa are overwhelming favourites to inflict a 12th successive Test match defeat on Wales in Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series clash in Cardiff.
The South Africans beat the English 29-20 at in London last weekend and they will now aim to complete their three-game Autumn Nations Series unbeaten with a team showing two backline alterations and five more switches in the pack against the Welsh.
South Africa maintained their status as the number one side in the world with a 20-29 victory over England at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium on Saturday.
The difference between the English and Springbok bench tells a story and Steve Borthwick’s use of his replacements needs to improve drastically if England are to salvage their autumn.
South Africa were 32-15 winners in Edinburgh in their Autumn Nations Series opener and they have now altered all seven of their starting backs, five of their starting forwards and pared their bench from a seven-one forwards/backs split back to a five/three divide.
It is a strange scenario where a defeated coach hails a 17-point loss as “one of their best performances” in recent times and the victorious coach claims he is “not very proud” of a victory where his side prevented dangerous opponents from scoring a try.
Reigning Rugby World Cup champions South Africa got their Autumn Nations Cup off to the perfect start with a 32 - 15 win over Scotland.
As if we didn’t already know, none of us can predict what Rassie Erasmus is going to do next. Because not even the best and brightest rugby minds outside of the Springboks camp could have foreseen this match-day 23 for South Africa’s first assignment of the Autumn Nations Series.