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Picking the player to replace Willie in a time of crisis

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It’s the British & Irish Lions Tour, Springbok fullback incumbent Willie Le Roux goes down with injury. Who does South Africa pick to fill his boots? Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel discuss, in the first episode of the War Room.

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