Chile v Namibia - Teams and Prediction
PREVIEW: Namibia head coach Allister Coetzee has made two changes to his stating line-up to face Chile on Saturday.
Hooker Torsten van Jaarsveld sustained a bicep injury during Tuesday’s training and will miss the World Cup warmup on Saturday.
He is replaced by Louis van der Westhuizen that will start at hooker and take on the role of vice-captain. Lodewikus Jacobs, who joined the team on Friday, will be on the bench.
Ruan Ludick has been selected to replace Tjiuee Uanivi at lock.
Uanivi sustained a lower back muscle strain in the match against Uruguay and not recovering sufficiently for a tough encounter against Chile.
The backline is unchanged with centre Johan Deysel taking teh captain’s armband
“Despite changes and the past weekend’s game the team remains upbeat and positive going into the last match on tour,” Coetzee said.
This is great preparation and testing the depth of our squad going forward.”
Prediction:
@rugby365com: Namibia by five points
Teams:
Chile: 15 Inaka Ayarza, 14 Santiago Videla, 13 Matias Garafulic, 12 Domingo Saavedra, 11 Nicolas Garafulic, 10 Rodrigo Fernandez, 9 Marcelo Torrealba, 8 Alfonso Escobar, 7 Clemente Saavedra, 6 Martin Sigren (Captain), 5 Javier Eissman, 4 Pablo Huete, 3 Matias Dittus, 2 Augusto Bohme, 1 Salvador Lues.
Replacements: 16 Tomas Dussaillant, 17 Javier Carrasco, 18 Esteban Inostroza, 19 Santiago Pedrero, 20 Ignacio Silva, 21 Lukas Carvalo, 22 Pablo Caras, 23 Francisco Urroz
Namibia: 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Chad Plato, 13 Johan Deysel (Captain), 12 Danco Burger, 11 JC Greyling, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 9 Damian Stevens, 8 Richard Hardwick, 7 Max Katjijeko, 6 Wian Conradie, 5 Ruan Ludick, 4 Adriaan Ludick, 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Louis van der Westhuizen, 1 Desiderius Sethi.
Replacements: Lodewikus Jacobs, Jason Benada, Casper Viviers, Tiaan de Klerk, Johan Retief, Prince Gaoseb, Jacques Theron, Andre van der Berg.
Date: Saturday, August 12
Venue: Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco
Kick-off: 17.00 (21.00 GMT, 23.00 Namibia time)
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay) & Matias Esteban (Uryguay)
