OFM Sport catches up with the Portugal captain Tomás Appleton in an exclusive interview ahead of the historic Test against the Springboks in Bloemfontein.

Appleton speaks about the hospitality in Bloemfontein, the tremendous support they have received from the local Portuguese community, they 2023 World Cup campaign in France, and about Schalk Burger and Siya Kolisi being his favourite Springbok players.

Saturday's historic Test between the World Champions and Os Lobos at the sold out Toyota Stadium kicks off at 17:00.

Teams:

Springboks – 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels

Replacements – 16 André-Hugo Venter, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Quan Horn

Portugal - 15 Simao Bento, 14 Manuel Cardoso Pinto, 13 José Lima, 12 Tomas Appleton (captain), 11 Rodrigo Marta, 10 Joris Moura, 9 Hugo Camacho, 8 Vasco Baptista, 7 Diego Pinheiro, 6 Jose Madeira, 5 Duarte Torgal, 4 Nicolas Fernandes, 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira, 2 Luka Begic, 1 Francisco Fernandes

Replacements - 16 David Costa, 17 Pedro Vicente, 18 Abel Cunha, 19 Antonio Andrade, 20 Andre Cunha, 21 Pedro Lucas, 22 Domingos Cabral, 23 Jose Santos.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport