Kwagga Smith will start for the Springboks against France after Jasper Wiese failed to recover from a concussion in time to play in Marseille on Saturday.
Wiese was named to start against the Six Nations champions, retaining his place in the starting XV despite suffering a concussion in the loss to Ireland in Dublin.
However, the No 8 was not present at the Springbok team photograph on Friday morning, a clear indication that he has been ruled out of the match.
Instead, it appears that Smith, who came off the bench against Ireland, will start at No 8.
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Deon Fourie, who was at the official photograph despite not being named in the matchday-23 on Tuesday, will take up a place on the bench.
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Springboks – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Subs: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Marvin Orie, 20 Deon Fourie, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Makazole Mapimpi.
Picks – @mark_keohane and Zels predict that it will go down to the wire when the Boks clash with France in Marseille on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/Awe17qrjcF
— SA Rugby magazine (@SARugbymag) November 10, 2022
Photo: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
