Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus poses with the new players set to make their debuts against Wales, from left: Ben-Jason Dixon, Jordan Hendrikse, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Edwill van der Merwe. Picture: Paul Harding/Gallo Imagesat Twickenham on Saturday afternoon , as part of a double header that will also see the Barbarians taking on Fiji.
But after not being picked for either Bok alignment camp, Van Der Merwe was called into the squad and will now start against Wales in a fantastic turn of events.The younger brother of Springbok scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse, it was always thought that it would be a matter of time before he made his Bok debut to eventually play alongside his brother.
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