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George Smith (75)
AB get nine days to recover from the SA match, then two matches in five days.
Shag has said everyone will get some game time so it's likely we'll see largely the same 23 that played SA run out v Canada & as many as 12 or 13 changes to the 23 for Namibia (assuming they want the 'A' squad to play Italy as a warmup for the KO matches).
Officially Lurch is still not due back until the playoffs, but there are reports that he's stepped it up a level at training so who knows, maybe he'll get some minutes off the bench in one or other of these with a view to him starting v Italy.
Shag has said everyone will get some game time so it's likely we'll see largely the same 23 that played SA run out v Canada & as many as 12 or 13 changes to the 23 for Namibia (assuming they want the 'A' squad to play Italy as a warmup for the KO matches).
Officially Lurch is still not due back until the playoffs, but there are reports that he's stepped it up a level at training so who knows, maybe he'll get some minutes off the bench in one or other of these with a view to him starting v Italy.