In a statement, Nienaber said people were surprised when he picked four scrum-halves in the squad.
“But we knew they offered us the skills and versatility to provide backline options to manage the challenges that tournament rugby gives you,” he said. “They are all excellent scrum-halves, but Grant and Cobus can play wing and Faf has experience at No. 10 — as do Cheslin and Willie. We have the same versatility among our forwards,” he added.
The Coach also highlighted why he believes he made the perfect pick for the highly anticipated match. He said the team had been rotating and testing players in different positions since last season, to put together a group of 33 players in“Grant played school rugby on the wing, and he has come on at wing before for us, so we are excited to give him this opportunity to start there and for him to gain international experience in the position,” Nienaber said.
“Faf is also one of our backup flyhalves in the squad, and the same applies to him, as it will be valuable for him and the team to get some game time in the position,” he added.
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