All Blacks brace for Bok-lash as Erasmus adds late fly-half plot twist
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s inclusion may be a classic piece of misdirection from South Africa in their must-win match against New Zealand On the face of it, South Africa have been beset by disruption before their most significant match since the successful defence of their World Cup title.
Rassie Erasmus had sought to lean further on the Springboks’ set-piece strengths by selecting Handré Pollard at fly-half for the second Test against New Zealand in Cape Town, suggesting a narrow gameplan.
A return to the tried and tested.
A reliance on what he knows best.
Then came news of the “niggle”.
Out goes Pollard, who, according to the Friday morning bulletin, suffered said niggle in training on Wednesday and failed a fitness test 24 hours before the match, and back comes the far more adventurous Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu into the No 10 jersey.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu struggled in last week’s 33-16 defeat at Ellis Park , as he did on his comeback from injury against Argentina earlier this month, but the 24-year-old has a skill set that has marked him out as a future global star.
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