Schalk Burger and Jean de Villiers back Vusi Moyo to excel on Saturday, and fear for Wales in the event the rookie Springbok flyhalf plays the full match at Kings Park.
Moyo will run out at 10 in the Nations Championship clash as one of four uncapped starters for the Boks, and on his home ground, with the Junior Springboks playmaker only having made his Sharks debut in the last round of the 2025-26 Vodacom URC.
Speaking on the Boks Unpacked podcast, former Boks Burger, De Villiers and Hanyani Shimage agreed the 20-year-old has been given the ideal platform to step into the Test arena, surrounded by experienced campaigners.
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“He will be nervous,” De Villiers said. “But it’s not the nervousness of ‘I will let my team down’ or anything like that. It’s excitement more than nerves.
“You’ve got Cobus Reinach as your nine and Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel as your centres; that’s how you want to be making your debut.
“He’s got so much experience around him, a pack that’ll dominate. What a great opportunity for him, and it’s the same thing with Jaco Williams.”
“It’s obviously a massive game for Vusi Moyo at 10,” Burger added. “It’s not like he’s going to play 80 minutes [though], with Manie Libbok and Damian Willemse on the bench.
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“So you go out there, you do your thing, you’ve got all this experience in and outside of you, and you know you’re going to get ripped off after a certain amount of time and the next guy steps up and replaces you.
“The issue for Wales is the last 20 minutes.”
De Villiers suggested Moyo could still finish the match if required. “You say, ‘OK, he won’t play 80’, but let’s say he goes 80 and you bring Manie Libbok at 15 and Damian Willemse at 12,” he said.
Burger replied: “Then the issue for Wales is to my point of the last 20 minutes because you go, what’s on the bench here, it can be problems.”
The match also sees Bayonne scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies return after a lengthy absence, and De Villiers believes the World Cup winner is among those who will continue to earn opportunities under Rassie Erasmus.
“If you go overseas, it does not mean that your chance to play for the Springboks goes out the window. With Rassie and his team, they watch guys all over.”
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