Join the Miguel Delaney team: Inside Football Get exclusive insights and behind-the scenes access to the Miguel Delaney: inside newsletter Football NewsletterJoin the Miguel Delaney inside Football Boan Venter replaces the injured Ox Nche at loosehead. “This is a huge milestone for Siya and we are all delighted for him,” Erasmus said. “He is a level-headed player and although this will be a big occasion for him, and a match that we would like to make special for him, he is fully focused on the task at hand, so he won’t allow that to overshadow what he must do on the field.open image in gallerySiya Kolisi has led South Africa to two World Cup wins (Getty Images)“This is a huge game, and the entire team knows how determined France will be to make up for the World Cup result, so we’ll celebrate Siya’s achievement after the match. That said, hopefully we can make it a memorable game for him.”There are 11 survivors in the squad from South Africa’s thrilling quarter-final victory over the hosts at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.France, meanwhile, have handed starts to inexperienced prop pair Baptiste Erdocio and Regis Montagne after the duo made their Test debuts during the July tour of New Zealand.Gael Fickou continues to skipper the side in the absence of Antoine Dupont, with Nolann Le Garrec preferred to Maxime Lucu at scrum half. Mickael Guillard is still at No 8, despite his impressive performance at lock in the Six Nations.), 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 14 Damian Penaud; 15 Thomas Ramos.Replacements: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Hugo Auradou, 21 Oscar Jegou; 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Nicolas Depoortere.South Africa XV: 1 Boan Venter, 2 Malcolm Marx, 3 Thomas du Toit; 4 Eben Etzebeth, 5 Lood de Jager; 6 Siya Kolisi (capt.), 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8 Jasper Wiese; 9 Cobus Reinach, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu; 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 12 Damian de Allende, 13 Jesse Kriel, 14 Cheslin Kolbe; 15 Damian Willemse.Replacements: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Ruan Nortje, 21 Andre Esterhuizen; 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok.
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Siya Kolisi to earn 100th cap as Springboks reveal team for colossal France clash
