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Rassie Erasmus trims fat as final RWC squad naming looms

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'Injured players like Dyantyi‚ Whiteley and Willemse are in a race against time due to bad luck.'

On Sunday‚ following the weekend’s 24-18 win over Argentina at Loftus Versfeld to complete an undefeated build-up RWC 2019 in Japan‚ Erasmus jettisoned some obvious fringe players.

Looseforward Marcell Coetzee was omitted because of concussion‚ but still appears to be in the frame for World Cup selection. Without any Test rugby this year it seems Erasmus has opted for a more conservative approach by sticking with the group that did duty throughout the Rugby Championship. "They are all world-class players‚ but they have not really played a lot this year which is why it is going to be tough for them just to hop up to the top level."

 

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