Two more uncapped players named in strong Springbok squad

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a strong squad of 39 players and an additional 14 players on a standby list for thewhich kicks off with a challenging two Tests against Ireland on Saturday, 6 July, followed by a one-off Test against Portugal.

The two uncapped players named in the squad were Bulls hooker Johan Grobbelaar and front rower Jan-Hendrik Wessels.Handre Pollard and Jasper Wiese, who trained with the team but were ineligible for selection due to the Wales Test falling outside of the international window have also been named in the squad. However, Wiese will only be available for selection once he completes his suspension from a dangerous tackle.

Three players who made their Test debuts against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday, which the team won 41-13 – Edwill van der Merwe , Ben-Jason Dixon and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu – were included in the group. Erasmus, however, declared that three players Faf de Klerk , Van der Merwe and Mapimpi had picked up niggles in the Wales Test – but he was satisfied that there was enough cover in the squad with Arendse, Kolbe and Am available for selection.

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