Cheetahs without Bok duo for Scarlets clash
In the absence of the injured Frans Steyn and suspended Oupa Mohoje, the Cheetahs have made four changes to their starting lineup for the Challenge Cup clash against Scarlets in Parma on Saturday.
In the absence of the injured Frans Steyn and suspended Oupa Mohoje, the Cheetahs have made four changes to their starting lineup for the Challenge Cup clash against Scarlets in Parma on Saturday.
The Springboks are set to be without Frans Steyn for the outgoing tour to Europe after the veteran centre picked up a knee injury while in action for the Cheetahs.
Frans Steyn will play his first match for the Cheetahs since May when they clash with Emerging Ireland in a Toyota Challenge match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Frans Steyn nailed a trademark long-range penalty in the Boks’ win against Argentina on Saturday, but it was his charged down clearance by Juan Imhoff that possibly would’ve left more of an ‘impression’.
Emergency flyhalf Francois Steyn has been called “incredible” by Rassie Erasmus ahead of a crucial Rugby Championship clash with Argentina on Saturday.
Jacques Nienaber reckons 35-year-old Springbok playmaker Frans Steyn can still run-and-gun with the young bucks, but the jovial two-time World Cup winner admits he’s starting to feel his age.
The injury-enforced absence of Damian Willemse could lead the Springboks to hand Frans Steyn a first Test start at flyhalf in over 14 years.
Morne Steyn’s epic long-range kick that sealed the 2009 British & Irish Lions series has ended Frans Steyn’s reign as the Bok Sharpshooter.
After kicking Joel Stransky to the curb, Frans Steyn now comes up against Morne Steyn to crown the most clutch Springbok goal-kicker.
Having missed both losses against Australia in 2021, recalled veteran Frans Steyn is determined to help the Springboks end a losing run Down Under.