Veteran Vermeulen to lead South Africa against Australia / Photo: © AFP/File
RYCEF
0.4000
The China Mail - Veteran Vermeulen to lead South Africa against Australia
USD
-
AED 3.673001
AFN 64.999727
ALL 80.742224
AMD 360.119746
ANG 1.789785
AOA 917.999802
ARS 1547.467202
AUD 1.427114
AWG 1.8
AZN 1.697762
BAM 1.737338
BBD 2.013458
BDT 124.459802
BGN 1.747831
BHD 0.37735
BIF 3010
BMD 1
BND 1.277909
BOB 12.120755
BRL 5.4594
BSD 0.999711
BTN 94.558763
BWP 13.724402
BYN 2.982914
BYR 19600
BZD 2.010562
CAD 1.39705
CDF 2315.000336
CHF 0.816865
CLF 0.024535
CLP 965.610039
CNY 6.67355
CNH 6.67471
COP 3228.17
CRC 454.091218
CUC 1
CUP 23.992112
CVE 98.962923
CZK 21.6117
DJF 177.720047
DKK 6.65659
DOP 60.604482
DZD 135.967619
EGP 54.725095
ERN 15
ETB 164.071845
EUR 0.89053
FJD 2.243701
FKP 0.745268
GBP 0.742335
GEL 2.600677
GGP 0.745268
GHS 11.631305
GIP 0.745268
GMD 73.999946
GNF 8855.000212
GTQ 7.639521
GYD 209.448686
HKD 7.84542
HNL 26.868429
HRK 6.76901
HTG 130.971046
HUF 322.759701
IDR 18108.45
ILS 3.153899
IMP 0.745268
INR 94.34425
IQD 1515.529716
IRR 1883408.503011
ISK 121.640354
JEP 0.745268
JMD 158.455068
JOD 0.708969
JPY 158.451027
KES 129.930027
KGS 87.449916
KHR 4064.827605
KMF 440.999765
KPW 899.999961
KRW 1341.150361
KWD 0.31082
KYD 0.833041
KZT 451.807175
LAK 22506.673299
LBP 89519.744527
LKR 332.641939
LRD 169.939285
LSL 16.455617
LTL 2.95274
LVL 0.60489
LYD 6.409977
MAD 9.765444
MDL 17.929301
MGA 4515.192027
MKD 54.818126
MMK 2099.52083
MNT 3598.087189
MOP 8.077598
MRU 40.663904
MUR 47.09022
MVR 15.455024
MWK 1733.399066
MXN 18.59489
MYR 4.063398
MZN 63.910024
NAD 16.455325
NGN 1346.419582
NIO 36.784529
NOK 9.29959
NPR 151.29402
NZD 1.77833
OMR 0.384497
PAB 0.999773
PEN 3.450426
PGK 4.485918
PHP 63.351989
PKR 276.534117
PLN 3.90471
PYG 6061.763543
QAR 3.644609
RON 4.757198
RSD 104.743049
RUB 81.798598
RWF 1471.012787
SAR 3.756339
SBD 8.051718
SCR 13.834008
SDG 601.48613
SEK 9.73676
SGD 1.278965
SHP 0.745545
SLE 22.910084
SLL 20969.504398
SOS 571.349894
SRD 37.563958
STD 20697.981008
STN 21.763752
SVC 8.747096
SYP 13001.999685
SZL 16.44674
THB 33.6235
TJS 9.221818
TMT 3.51
TND 2.979449
TOP 2.40776
TRY 50.017303
TTD 6.776725
TWD 32.860699
TZS 2648.702972
UAH 45.52523
UGX 4104.021853
UYU 40.19489
UZS 11886.139647
VES 890.036597
VND 25704.5
VUV 119.472328
WST 2.779309
XAF 584.149202
XAG 0.01912
XAU 0.000246034236
XCD 2.70255
XCG 1.801579
XDR 0.707052
XOF 584.149202
XPF 105.938734
YER 236.17501
ZAR 16.412701
ZMK 9001.199026
ZMW 20.274394
ZWL 321.999592
SSP 5745.96484
MXV 2.093069
- IndiGo holds talks with Embraer over potential order for 100 aircraft
- India seeks threefold increase in coal stocks to prevent summer power shortages
- Indian companies report mixed second-quarter results on November 4
- Indus Towers expands solar-powered network to 50,000 telecom sites
- KKR secures Indian regulator approval for Gentari Renewables investment
- Equitas Small Finance Bank rebounds after naming interim chief executive
- Bharti Airtel revenue expected to grow at double-digit pace in second quarter
- Scottish Conservatives Demand Halt to £16m Rwanda Aid Amid US Sanctions
- Titan quarterly profit seen rising as jewellery business drives growth
- Indian crude-sensitive shares gain after 13% oil-price decline
Veteran Vermeulen to lead South Africa against Australia
Duane Vermeulen will stand in for injured Siya Kolisi as captain of Rugby World Cup title-holders South Africa when they face Australia on Saturday in a Rugby Championship first round match.
Kolisi suffered a serious knee injury last April and will be available only in August, when the Springboks play three warm-up games before the World Cup kicks off in France the following month.
Vastly experienced No. 8 Vermeulen has been a caretaker captain before and is given the honour again in what the 36-year-old says will be his final season before retiring.
"We had a few options as potential captains and we have two good leaders in Duane and Lukhanyo (Am), who has been named vice-captain for this match," said coach Jacques Nienaber.
"They are both quality leaders and they will have a lot of experience around them on the field, which is fantastic for us as coaches."
Apart from Kolisi, fly-half Handre Pollard, lock Eben Etzebeth and scrum-half Jaden Hendrikse could not be considered due to injuries.
Manie Libbok starts as playmaker, Cobus Reinach partners him at half-back and uncapped Jean Kleyn and Marvin Orie are the locks.
The starting line-up includes one new cap, Johannesburg-born Kleyn, who switched allegiance from Ireland after representing his adopted country at the 2019 World Cup in Japan.
It shows nine changes from the team that beat England convincingly when the Springboks last played, in London last November.
The survivors are full-back Willie le Roux, winger Kurt-Lee Arendse, outside centre Am, and the entire front row of props Ox Nche and Frans Malherbe and hooker Bongi Mbonambi.
Nienaber and director of rugby Rassie Erasmus have decided to split a 42-man squad, sending an advance party of 13 players, including unavailable Kolisi, to New Zealand this week.
New Zealand time is 10 hours ahead of South Africa and the move is designed to combat jet leg as the world champions prepare for a clash with arch rivals the All Blacks in Auckland on July 15.
Team (15-1)
Willie le Roux; Canan Moodie, Lukhanyo Am, Andre Esterhuizen, Kurt-Lee Arendse; Manie Libbok, Cobus Reinach; Duane Vermeulen (capt), Pieter-Steph du Toit, Marco van Staden; Marvin Orie, Jean Kleyn; Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche
Replacements: Joseph Dweba, Thomas du Toit, Vincent Koch, RG Snyman, Evan Roos, Deon Fourie, Grant Williams, Damian Willemse
Coach: Jacques Nienaber (RSA)
B.Carter--ThChM
