Smit confident new-look Boks will click

South African hooker John Smit will become the 51st player to captain the Springboks on Friday insisting his much-changed team will not have any trouble clicking into gear against Georgia.

South African hooker John Smit will become the 51st player to captain the Springboks on Friday insisting his much-changed team will not have any trouble clicking into gear against Georgia.

The 25-year-old Natal hooker has been earmarked as a future national skipper for a while now and has been given his chance by coach Rudi Straeuli, who has rested 13 players following Sunday’s defeat by England.

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