RUGBY NEWS - The Springboks opened their 2025 season with a comfortable 54-7 win against the invitational Barbarians at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.
The Boks scored eight tries to the one by the BaaBaas in an emphatic performance by the world champions from 2019 and 2023.
The try-scorers were Malcolm Marx, Cheslin Kolbe, Vincent Tshituka (2), Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Lood de Jager and Damian de Allende.
The Boks were captained by Jesse Kriel after regular skipper Siya Kolisi was ruled out of the match with an injury on Friday.
There were four uncapped players in the Boks’ match-day 23, namely starters Asenathi Ntlabakanye and Vincent Tshituka, while Marnus van der Merwe and Neethling Fouche played off the bench.
The BaaBaas were be captained by former Ireland flanker Peter O’Mahony.
The Boks dominated all areas of the game against a completely outplayed Barbarians team. Lood de Jager and Kolbe were the standout performers for the Boks.
Rassie Erasmus’ team next play Italy next week, in the first of two Tests, before they take on Georgia.
Article: Caxton publication, The Citizen
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