LIVE SCORING: Springboks thrash Portugal in Bloemfontein
Keep track of all the live scoring as a new-look Springbok team takes on Portugal in a one-off Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
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Seven uncapped players have been named in a somewhat experimental Springbok side that has been selected to face Portugal in a one-off Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
This clash is the final match of the Incoming Series before the highly-anticipated Rugby Championship begins, and so there will still be plenty of focus on how this new-look Springbok side performs.
Kick off is at 17:00, while the match build up starts at 16:00 on SuperSport.
Keep track of the live scoring for the Springboks v Portugal Test in Bloemfontein below:
HERE IS HOW THE SPRINGBOKS AND PORTUGAL WILL LINE UP:
Springboks – 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre 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 (c), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
Subs: 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.
Portugal: 15 Simao Bento, 14 Manuel Cardoso Pinto, 13 Jose Lima, 12 Tomas Appleton, 11 Rodrigo Marta, 10 Joris Moura, 9 Hugo Camacho, 8 Vasco Baptista, 7 Diego Pinheiro, 6 Jose Madeira, 5 Duarte Torgal, 4 Nicolas Fernandes, 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira, 2 Luka Begic, 1 Francisco Fernandes.
Replacements: 16 David Costa, 17 Pedro Vicente, 18 Abel da Cunha, Antonio Rebelo Andrade, 20 Andre Cunha, 21 Pedro Lucas, 22 Domingos Cabral, 23 Jose Paiva dos Santos.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Date: Saturday, July 20
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 17.00 (16.00 Portugal time; 15.00 GMT)
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Mike Adamson (Scotland)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
STATS AND FACTS:
- This will mark the first Test between the Springboks and Portugal.
- Manie Libbok requires 13 points in the match to hit the 100-point mark in Test rugby.
- This will mark the first time this season that Rugby World Cup winners Lukhanyo Am, Cobus Reinach, Manie Libbok, Thomas du Toit and Trevor Nyakane will run out in the Bok jersey.
- Salmaan Moerat becomes the 66th Springbok captain.
- Should Andre-Hugo Venter be sent on, he will follow in the footsteps of his father, Andre Venter, who played 66 Tests for South Africa between 1996 and 2001. They will become the 16th father/son combination to play for the Boks.
- The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 228.
- There are 161 caps in the backline, with 67 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 75
- The average caps per player in the backline is 23, the forwards 8, while the players on the bench average 9.