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Stick: Boks ready for any backline curveball

Assistant coach Mzwandile Stick says the Springboks have been through all the backline scenarios after naming a 7-1 bench for Saturday’s Test against Wales. SIMON BORCHARDT reports. The Bok ‘Nuclear Squad’ features hooker Bongi Mbonambi, props Zachary Porthen and Asenathi Ntlabakanye, lock Eben Etzebeth and loose forwards Marco van Staden, Ben-Jason Dixon and Kwagga Smith

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Sharks back Griquas hero

Currie Cup-winning Griquas flyhalf George Whitehead will start for the Sharks against Connacht in Galway on Saturday. The Vodacom URC resumes this weekend, and the Sharks have turned to one of the Currie Cup’s most experienced campaigners to steer them through tricky Irish conditions. Whitehead – who famously slotted the injury-time penalty that won Griquas

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