Boks Team To Face Portugal: All The Stats, Facts And Figures

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boks team to face portugal all the stats facts and figures

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has picked a vastly different team to the one that featured in both Tests against Ireland recently for the one-off match against tier two nation, Portugal , in Bloemfontein on Saturday (5pm).

The side will be led by the Stormers Salmaan Moerat. It will be the first meeting between the Boks and Portugal.

Here are all the stats, facts and figures you need to know about the Bok team and the match.

Caps in team

In stark contrast to last weeks most capped Springbok starting XV ever (990), this weeks starting team only has 228 caps in it.

There are 161 caps in the backs, 67 in the forwards, while there are 75 caps on the bench.