South Africa’s head coach Rassie Erasmus takes to X to detail the expected make-up of Andy Farrell’s Ireland squad for Test showdown
Rassie Erasmus: named the Ireland team plus replacements that he believes his counterpart Andy Farrell will select. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire’s head coach is in the mood to give the opposition a little nudge in the build-up to a Test match.
He went on to include the age and weights of all the Irish players, including some misspellings like “Dan Sheenan,” “Tadgh Furlong,” “MCMcarthy”, “Tadgh Byrne” and “Gary Ringrose” before listing “Ryan Bird” and “Nick Tomoney” among what he predicts will be a six-two split on the bench. The fact that he spells some of the more difficult Irish names correctly adds to a sense of devilment.
Aphelele Fassi impressed in the win over Wales, but Le Roux is reputed to be Erasmus’s first choice. Makazole Mapimpi and Edwill can der Merwe, try scorers from that win in London, are both carrying niggles, but the news is mitigated by the fact that first-choice wings Cheslin Kolbe and Kurt-Lee Arendse should be fit to start.
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