Woodward: Well done Wales, go finish the job
Former England boss Clive Woodward says Wales will be “full of beans” going into the decider against the Springboks in Cape Town after scoring a historic victory in Bloemfontein.
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Former England boss Clive Woodward says Wales will be “full of beans” going into the decider against the Springboks in Cape Town after scoring a historic victory in Bloemfontein.
Eben Etzebeth is set to become the seventh – and youngest – Springbok to win 100 Test caps when he returns to Cape Town for the series decider against Wales.
England have seen two senior forwards ruled out of the crunch third Test against Australia due to concussion, while the Wallabies called up replacements to their injury depleted squad.
Wales skipper Dan Biggar is questionable for the series-decider against the Springboks in Cape Town on Saturday after the flyhalf suffered a shoulder injury in the Bloemfontein Test.
France have unseated the world champion Springboks as Test rugby’s No 1-ranked side in the official world rankings.
Midfield maestro Ethan James is expected to be in action again on Tuesday when unbeaten South Africa face Wales in the Treviso final of the U20 Six Nations Summer Series.
Coach Allister Coetzee has guided Namibia to a seventh successive World Cup by beating Kenya in the final of the Rugby Africa Cup 2022 in Aix-en-Provence on Sunday.
Owen Farrell scored 20 points as England bounced back from their series-opening defeat to claim a hard-fought victory over Australia in the second Test in Brisbane on Saturday.
Ireland produced a clinical performance in Dunedin on Saturday to claim their first win against the All Blacks on New Zealand soil.
Assistant coach Mzwandile Stick has hit back at criticism that the Springboks disrespected Wales by making 14 changes to the starting lineup for the second Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday.