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Rugby: Kriel says team’s leaders should have stood up at Ellis Park

# Rugby: Stand-in Springbok captain Jesse Kriel says their leaders should have stood up in last weekend’s Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies at Ellis Park, which South Africa lost 38-22. He leads the Boks in Saturday’s re-match in Cape Town in place of injured Siya Kolisi. Kriel can’t put his finger on the exact problem, but realises they will have to sort that out. Coach Rassie Erasmus made ten changes to his starting 15, bringing back experienced players such as Willie le Roux, Handré Pollard and Cheslin Kolbe.