Beauden Barrett to guide All Blacks in tour opener against Stormers

The All Blacks will be guided by a 144-Test cap veteran in flyhalf Beauden Barrett when they kick off Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry (RGR) tour in their opening match against the Stormers at the Cape Town Stadium on Friday night (kick-off 7:10pm). goldparty.lat

Coach Dave Rennie named a mixed team featuring a few veterans, with Barrett backed up by 90-cap outside centre Anton Lienert-Brown, 88-cap left wing Rieko Ioane and 57-cap lock Patrick Tuipulotu, who will also captain the side in the match.

A number of exciting up and coming players are also in the mix, including prop Siale Lauaki and utility back Josh Jacomb who will both be making their debuts for the All Blacks.

It is the first of four matches that the All Blacks will be playing against the South African franchises, with the Sharks in Durban and Bulls in Pretoria to follow next week Tuesday and Saturday, before the first Test against the Springboks at Ellis Park on the 22^nd of August.

The visitors will then play the Lions on the 25^th, before three more games against the Boks, in Cape Town, back in Johannesburg and then in the US to finish off the just major tour between the two massive rivals in three decades.

Dave Rennie

All Blacks coach Rennie, who is in his first season with the team, congratulated the debutants while praising the Stormers.

“Firstly, I want to congratulate the new All Blacks Siale and Josh. It will be a very exciting and proud day for them and their families,” said Rennie.

“We’ve had a great welcome in Cape Town and we’re excited to get this Tour underway. We are really pleased with how our leaders, including match day captain Patrick and tour captain Codie, have prepared the group. We can’t wait for Friday.

“We’re well aware of how good this Stormers side is. They made the semifinals of the United Rugby Championship this year and they are a big, physical side with a mix of talented youngsters and Springboks, so we are preparing for a real war of attrition.”

All Blacks starting XV

Josh Moorby, Leroy Carter, Billy Proctor, Anton Lienert-Brown, Rieko Ioane, Beauden Barrett, Cortez Ratima, Wallace Sititi, Simon Parker, Patrick Tuipulotu (c), Fabian Holland, Pasilio Tosi, Samisoni Taukei’aho, George Bower

Bench: Asafo Aumua, Ollie Norris, Siale Lauaki, Sam Darry, Ethan Blackadder, Kyle Preston, Josh Jacomb, Caleb Clarke

Cobus Wiese says the values instilled on his family farm, not raw talent, remain the foundation of his rapid rise into the Springbok fold, writes CLINTON VAN DER BERG.

Speaking ahead of Saturday’s clash against Argentina in Buenos Aires, the utility forward was careful not to overplay the “farm boy” tag that has followed him, but admitted the lessons run deep.

“[I hope] we don’t take this farm boy thing totally out of proportion,” he said. “But growing up on a farm, you work until the work’s done, so there’s no quitting time.

“The sense of responsibility that you have, I think it’s probably moulded me more as a person rather than a player.

“I think other players have some kind of values too, but in the day and age we live in now, you have to have a strong work ethic to make it in rugby.”

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Wiese, who made his Bok debut last season, also opened up on the emotion of sharing the Springbok jersey with older brother Jasper, admitting the milestone still leaves him searching for words.

“Me and Jasper, and I believe our whole family, are immensely proud and grateful for the opportunity,” he said. “Doing it once is special, but if we have the privilege, if we stay injury-free, and we can do it a few more times, that will be gold for us.

“I want to share a Springbok jersey with my brother, so I’m still a bit lost for words in terms of how proud and grateful we are.”

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On settling into a squad stacked with experience, Wiese credited senior figures like Pieter-Steph du Toit and Eben Etzebeth.

“Coming into the team as a new player can seem intimidating,” he said. “But you’ve got world-class players you’ve played with before, Eben at the Stormers and with Lood [de Jager] in England.

“If you can pick their brains in preparation, you go out on Saturday and express yourself, because you have belief from that preparation.”

Asked whether he now considers himself settled in the squad, Wiese was measured.

“I wouldn’t say I’m comfortable, but I respect my role in the team, and I’m able to do my role. So I’m feeling good.”

On his shift from flank to lock, which mainly took hold during his playing days at Sale, he added, “At the moment I’m probably more of a lock that can cover loose forward, six, seven, eight.

“I’ve previously said if you get a chance to play in a Springbok team, you’ll go at any position they want, and execute your job in that position.”

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Photo: David Rogers/Getty Images

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