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Well the debate is over; USA Head Coach Mike Tolkin has decided to essentially empty the bench in choosing his lineup to face South Africa.
It was always going to be a debate, in that the coach either had to put his team’s top 15 on the field and try to beat a team they’ve only come close to beating once, or rest those players so they will be fresh to play Japan four days later.
LONDON - South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer has named his lineup for the Pool B match against USA at the Olympic stadium at noon ET on Wednesday.
LONDON (USA Rugby Release) – Kutztown University product and USA scrumhalf Niku Kruger will make his Rugby World Cup debut Wednesday, Oct. 7, against South Africa in the USA's penultimate Pool B match of Rugby World Cup 2015; the Eagles have been named to face the SPringboks at The Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
In RuggaMatrix America Show #156, Alex, Bruce, and Pat talk about the Rugby World Cup midway through pool play.
Should we be dismayed at the USA performance? Well, there's some disagreement about that. What games did the guys like? Having seen what they saw, what are their predictions for the rest of pool play?
The USA team is now in London getting ready to face South Africa.
Of course, it was eight years ago that Taku Ngwenya became a household name by scoring the try of the year in against those self-same Springboks in the World Cup.