Ricky Januarie, Sarel Pretorius, Duane Vermeulen and Lionel Mapoe have been included in the 51-man Bok World Cup planning squad. Rassie Erasmus will be part of the management squad.
The squad is as follows:
Bulls 16, Sharks 14, WP 12, Cheetahs 4, Lions 4, Griquas 1
Forwards
Willem Alberts (Sharks)
Andries Bekker (WP)
Bakkies Botha (Bulls)
Heinrich Brüssow (Cheetahs)
Schalk Burger (WP)
Keegan Daniel (Sharks)
Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks)
Jannie du Plessis (Sharks)
Alistair Hargreaves (Sharks)
Ryan Kankowski (Sharks)
Werner Kruger (Bulls)
Francois Louw (WP)
Bandise Maku (Lions)
Victor Matfield (Bulls)
Beast Mtawarira (Sharks)
Coenie Oosthuizen (Cheetahs)
Dewaldt Potgieter (Bulls)
Chiliboy Ralepelle (Bulls)
Danie Rossouw (Bulls)
John Smit (Sharks)
Juan Smith (Cheetahs)
Pierre Spies (Bulls)
Gurthrö Steenkamp (Bulls)
Deon Stegmann (Bulls)
Adriaan Strauss (Cheetahs)
CJ van der Linde (WP)
Flip van der Merwe (Bulls)
Duane Vermeulen (WP)
Backs
Gio Aplon (WP)
Bjorn Basson (Bulls)
Juan de Jongh (WP)
Jean de Villiers (WP)
Fourie du Preez (Bulls)
Jaque Fourie (WP)
Peter Grant (WP)
Bryan Habana (WP)
Francois Hougaard (Bulls)
Adi Jacobs (Sharks)
Elton Jantjies (Lions)
Ricky Januarie (WP)
Zane Kirchner (Bulls)
Pat Lambie (Sharks)
Lionel Mapoe (Lions)
Charl McLeod (Sharks)
Waylon Murray (Lions)
Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)
Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
Wynand Olivier (Bulls)
JP Pietersen (Sharks)
Sarel Pretorius (Griquas)
Morné Steyn (Bulls)
This hopefully a joke, Keegan Daniel (Sharks)Chiliboy Ralepelle (Bulls)Danie Rossouw (Bulls)Deon Stegmann (Bulls)Adi Jacobs (Sharks)Elton Jantjies (Lions)Ricky Januarie (WP)Waylon Murray (Lions)Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)Wynand Olivier (Bulls)
So much talent, so little braintrust. There is better players out there.
Kein François Steyn??