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Namibia make six changes
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Published 28/10/2003 at 12:50 GMT
Namibia have made six changes for their final match against Romania on Thursday as both teams seek a victory after losing their opening three games. Namibia coach also included flyhalf Rudie Van Vuuren on the replacements bench after he overcame a calf injury which forced him to miss the African country's earlier matches.
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Van Vuuren will become the first man to play in the cricket and rugby union World Cups if he gets on against Romania in the Tasmanian city of Launceston.
Van Vuuren is in line for a 14th test cap.
Nambia lost their last match 142-0 against Australia, who ran in 22 tries in Adelaide on Saturday for a record winning margin in the tournament.
Scrumhalf Hakkies Husselman, captain against Australia, and left wing Jurie Booysen were replaced by winger Vince Dreyer and young scrumhalf Niel Swanepoel, 23.
Number eight Sean Furter returns as captain in one of four changes to the pack.
"The main aim was to keep the best squad for the last match. It's make or break for us," Namibia team spokesman Hylton Ferreira said in a telephone interview.
Namibia: 15-Ronaldo Pedro; 14-Deon Mouton, 13-Dupreez Grobler, 12-Emile Wessels, 11-Vince Dreyer; 10-Morne Schreuder, 9-Neil Swanepoel; 8-Sean Furter (captain), 7-Wolfie Duvenhage, 6-Schalk Van Der Merwe, 5-Eben Isaacs, 4-Heino Senekal, 3-Neil Du Toit, 2-Johannes Meyer, 1-Kees Lensing.
Replacements: 16-Cornelius Van Tonder, 17-Andries Blaauw, 18-Herman Lintvelt, 19-Jurgens Van Lill, 20-Rudi van Vuuren, 21-Deon Grunschloss, 22-Corne Powell.
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