Springboks will hope Hougaard can resurrect World Cup hopes

SOUTH AFRICA, whose World Cup hopes seem doomed, look certain to turn to 20-year-old Derick Hougaard at flyhalf for their remaining group matches against Georgia and Samoa.

The 1995 champions lost their key pool C match 25-6 to England, their fifth successive defeat to the European champions, and they now face a tortuous path through the remainder of the tournament.

But had flyhalf Louis Koen been able to match the accuracy of his opposite number Jonny Wilkinson, it might have been a different story.