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The Portuguese wolves are hungry for a… BOK SKOK

The Portuguese wolves are hungry for a… BOK SKOK

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Tomorrow at 5pm, Portugal will take on world champions South Africa for the first time in a rugby match at the Free State Stadium.

Os Lobos (The Wolves) are ranked 15th in the world and are taking on a team they only see play on television. They are in South Africa to show the Springboks, who they are.

After Portugal captain Tomas Appleton’s 37-22 win over former Springbok coach Allister Coetzee’s Namibia team last week, he told Rugby 365: “You don’t want to put them (the Springboks) on a pedestal because we want to show the world that we take this very seriously.

“And we want to shock the world every time we step onto the field.”

When selecting a young team led by debuting captain Salmaan Moerat, Bok coach Rassie Erasmus warns his man that they should not underestimate Portugal.

Erasmus says that he was inspired by the Irish man during their two-match tour of South Africa, which ended in a 1-1 draw last week. Portugal defeated them in a friendly in preparation for last year’s World Cup in France.

The Wolves defeated Fiji 24-23 and also had the Australian little priest before falling behind 34-14.

Erasmus knows they will be ready for tomorrow’s clash and says: “Portugal cannot be underestimated. They beat Fiji, so if any of these guys take this game lightly, we will see that they are not Test match material.”

Springboks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels.

Substitutes: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Quan Horn.

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