De Villiers cleared to play
Centre Jean de Villiers will win his 64 cap for South Africa on Saturday after passing a late fitness test in Dublin on Friday morning. He takes his place in the centre alongside Zane Kirchner for the first test of the Springboks’ four-Test tour of Britain and Ireland.
Meanwhile uncapped backrower Willem Alberts has not recovered sufficiently from a calf strain and is replaced on the bench by his Sharks backrow team-mate and in the similarly uncapped Keegan Daniel.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers welcomed the news of his namesake’s recovery: “We have been hard hit by injuries to our centres so to have Jean available is a major boost. He is an experienced international and is in charge of the backs on tour so it’s great to see him back on the field.
“We had made contingency plans, and had trained with them in mind all week, but with Jean’s knowledge of Ireland’s players – having played for Munster – it was important to have him available for this match.”
South Africa v Ireland
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, November 6 2010
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|
Name | Province |
Age |
Caps |
|
15 |
Gio Aplon | Vodacom Western Province |
28 |
9 |
|
14 |
Bjorn Basson | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
23 |
2 |
|
13 |
Zane Kirchner | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
26 |
10 |
|
12 |
Jean de Villiers | Vodacom Western Province |
29 |
63 |
|
11 |
Bryan Habana | Vodacom Western Province |
27 |
66 |
|
10 |
Morne Steyn | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
26 |
21 |
|
9 |
Ruan Pienaar | Ulster, N Ireland |
26 |
43 |
|
8 |
Pierre Spies | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
25 |
37 |
|
7 |
Juan Smith | Vodacom Cheetahs |
29 |
65 |
|
6 |
*Deon Stegmann | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
24 |
0 |
|
5 |
Victor Matfield (captain) | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
33 |
101 |
|
4 |
Bakkies Botha | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
31 |
68 |
|
3 |
Jannie du Plessis | The Sharks |
28 |
20 |
|
2 |
Bismarck du Plessis | The Sharks |
26 |
32 |
|
1 |
Tendai Mtawarira | The Sharks |
25 |
22 |
|
|
REPLACEMENTS |
|
|
|
|
16 |
Chiliboy Ralepelle | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
24 |
17 |
|
17 |
CJ van der Linde | Vodacom Cheetahs |
30 |
65 |
|
18 |
Flip van der Merwe | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
25 |
6 |
|
19 |
*Keegan Daniel | The Sharks |
25 |
0 |
|
20 |
Francois Hougaard | Vodacom Blue Bulls |
22 |
5 |
|
21 |
Adi Jacobs | The Sharks |
30 |
30 |
|
22 |
*Patrick Lambie | The Sharks |
20 |
0 |
* Denotes uncapped
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