South Africa: Embrose Papier Ticks All Rassie's Boxes

He may be a rookie at Test match level, but 21-year-old scrumhalf Embrose Papier is set for an extended run in the Springbok set-up.

Not always included in the Bulls' Super Rugby match-day squads in 2018 as John Mitchell also gave chances to Ivan van Zyl and Andre Warner, Papier has shot up the Springbok pecking order in quite astonishing fashion in the Erasmus era and he is likely to earn his third Test cap against Argentina in Durban on Saturday as South Africa kick-start their Rugby Championship campaign.

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