In the match against Tonga, Nienaber wants to see both players take charge of the set-pieces whenever they get the chance.
only have one specialist hooker left in their squad, Bongi Mbonambi, after the injury to Malcolm Marx, who they replaced with Handre Pollard, So Fourie and Van Staden are now the hooker back-ups over the rest of the competition.The Bok management has thus used the Tonga match as an opportunity to rest Mbonambi and give Fourie and Van Staden a solid run, so that they are fully prepared should they reach the tournament knockouts as expected.
“There will be challenges within those systems and then they, as the set-piece leaders, will drive certain set-pieces for us, so in scrum time if things aren’t going our way, to find solutions. “The other thing is they must just bring their normal game. There’s going to be 200 breakdowns in this game, and there they have to apply themselves.”Nienaber also wants to see an improvement from the rest of the team, after they suffered a tight defeat against Ireland in their last game, with them now needing a big bonus point win to help them reach the quarterfinals.