The Springbok squad to tour Europe was named after Saturday’s Currie Cup Final. Notwithstanding injuries (Ricky Januarie, Juan de Jongh, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger), the following is the squad to contest the Grand Slam:
Backs
Gio Aplon (Western Province)
Bjorn Basson (Blue Bulls)
Adi Jacobs (Sharks)
Jean de Villiers (Western Province)
Francois Hougaard (Blue Bulls)
Bryan Habana (Western Province)
Elton Jantjies (Golden Lions)
Patrick Lambie (Sharks)
Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)
Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N Ireland)
Frans Steyn (Racing Metro, France)
Morne Steyn (Blue Bulls)
Zane Kirchener (Blue Bulls)
Forwards
Willem Alberts (Sharks)
Bakkies Botha (Blue Bulls)
Deon Stegmann (Blue Bulls)
Keegan Daniel (Sharks)
Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks)
Jannie du Plessis (Sharks)
Alistair Hargreaves (Sharks)
Ryan Kankowski (Sharks)
Victor Matfield (captain, Blue Bulls)
Tendai Mtawarira (Sharks)
Coenie Oosthuizen (Cheetahs)
Chiliboy Ralepelle (Blue Bulls)
Juan Smith (Cheetahs)
Pierre Spies (Blue Bulls)
Adriaan Strauss (Cheetahs)
CJ van der Linde (Cheetahs)
Flip van der Merwe (Blue Bulls)