Matches between South Africa and New Zealand are usually shut, and never having a recognised goalkicker on Saturday might value the Springboks, in accordance with GAVIN RICH.

Regardless of selecting a largely tried-and-tested lineup for the Rugby Championship conflict towards the All Blacks in Auckland, the Boks have opted to not elect an out-and-out goalkicker.

Manie Libbok took the accountability in his first Check begin final week towards Australia, however is on the bench towards the Kiwis.

The Boks opted to drift the kicking between Damian Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe and Faf de Klerk through the 2022 November tour; the tactic backfired within the 19-16 loss to Eire in Dublin, though produced higher ends in a 30-26 defeat to France.

The trio will begin on Saturday, but it was shocking to listen to coach Jacques Nienaber this week admit that the Boks had not but settled on a goalkicker to deal with the All Blacks.

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Writing for SuperSport.com, Wealthy highlights the folly of not earmarking a Bok participant with a trusty boot in entrance of the posts, particularly with Handre Pollard sidelined.

“It’s arduous to recollect a World Cup-winning workforce that didn’t have a recognised and completed common first-choice goalkicker,” Wealthy writes.

“And whereas the trio of gamers being relied on at Mount Good [Stadium] all received it proper in later video games of the final November tour, it was successfully the erratic kicking that value the Boks their opening recreation towards the world No 1 workforce, Eire.

“At a World Cup, the place the bragging rights for 4 years are on the road within the clutch video games, it turns into much more necessary to have a recognised kicker who’s skilled in shouldering large obligations.

“Video games between the Boks and the All Blacks are usually shut, and kicking from the tee is commonly the distinction between profitable and shedding.”

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