Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has shot the lights for the Springboks in 2024, and New Zealand scrumhalf TJ Perenara has acknowledged the specter of the playmaker.
Handre Pollard was the beginning flyhalf when South Africa beat the All Blacks within the 2023 Rugby World Cup ultimate in Paris, however the two-time world champion will again up Feinberg-Mngomezulu on the bench at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu has produced some eye-catching performances in his breakthrough season for the Boks, and the 22-year-old is tipped to shine in his maiden outing in opposition to the Kiwis in Johannesburg.
Talking within the buildup to the extremely anticipated conflict between the normal rivals on the Highveld, Perenara mentioned the Bok halfback mixture of veteran scrumhalf Cobus Reinach and the six-Check Feinberg-Mngomezulu are excellent gamers.
“Sacha’s fairly younger and new to the surroundings, however he’s performed some wonderful rugby, and he’s proven in any respect ranges how good he will be, and then you definitely’ve acquired Cobus, who’s attacking recreation is without doubt one of the finest on this planet,” Perenara added.
“You see him working the ball and the velocity that he injects into an offensive outfit is just going to be good for them.”
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Scott Robertson’s fees face the Boks this week within the first of two clashes within the Republic between the previous foes within the 2024 Rugby Championship.
The Kiwis have a powerful report at Ellis Park during the last 20 years, with three wins (2013, 2015 and 2022) and solely two defeats (2004 and 2014).
Perenara mentioned his earlier expertise on the floor confirmed him the should be prepared for every thing concerned within the problem of the house crowd’s depth, altitude, and the competition.
“It’s an enormous alternative for us to come back to Ellis Park to play in opposition to a very good South Africa group,” he defined.
“However the rugby itself, they’re two very totally different groups, totally different gamers with totally different types of recreation now.”
The 83-capped Perenara, too, is happy with how his partnership with flyhalf Damian McKenzie is creating, and praised the expansion of understudy Cortez Ratima.
“The way in which he [McKenzie ] performs the sport, the best way he approaches a recreation solely bleeds extra confidence and I’m having fun with that mixture,” Perenara mentioned.
“Each time Cortez has acquired a possibility in a Check, he’s performed nicely. He’s acquired an correct cross, and he’s bodily, too. He enjoys getting among the many bodily aspect of the sport.”
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