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Springboks
15 Willie le Roux: 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain) 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar

8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Flip van der Merwe, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira

16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Bakkies Botha, 20 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 21 Siya Kolisi 22 Jano Vermaak, 23 Patrick Lambie

France
15 Brice Dulin, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Sofiane Guitoune, 10 Rémi Talès, 9 Morgan Parra

8 Damien Chouly, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Yannick Forestier

16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Thomas Domingo, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 20 Yannick Nyanga, 21 Jean-Marc Doussain, 22 Frédéric Michalak, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud

Springbok touring squad for tour of Wales, Scotland and France:

Backs: Zane Kirchner, Gio Aplon, Willie le Roux, JP Pietersen, Bryan Habana, JJ Engelbrecht, Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers (c), Jan Serfontein, Morné Steyn, Johan Goosen, Pat Lambie, Fourie du Preez, Ruan Pienaar, Louis Schreuder

Forwards: Duane Vermeulen, Siya Kolisi, Francois Louw, Willem Alberts, Marcell Coetzee, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Flip van der Merwe, Bakkies Botha, Jannie du Plessis, Frans Malherbe, Coenie Oosthuizen, Gurthrö Steenkamp, Tendai Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Scarra Ntubeni

The Boks face Argentina in Soweto on Saturday 17 August in their first game of the 2013 Rugby Championship.

Springbok team

15. Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
14. Bjorn Basson (Blue Bulls)
13. JJ Engelbrecht (Blue Bulls)
12. Jean de Villiers (capt, Western Province)
11. Bryan Habana (Western Province)
10. Morné Steyn (Blue Bulls)
09. Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N Ireland)
08. Duane Vermeulen (Western Province)
07. Willem Alberts (Sharks)
06. Francois Louw (Bath)
05. Juandré Kruger (Blue Bulls)
04. Eben Etzebeth (Western Province)
03. Jannie du Plessis (Sharks)
02. Adriaan Strauss (vc, Cheetahs)
01. Tendai Mtawarira (Sharks)

Replacements

16. Bismarck du Plessis
17. Gurthrö Steenkamp
18. Coenie Oosthuizen
19. Flip van der Merwe
20. Siya Kolisi
21. Fourie du Preez
22. Pat Lambie
23. Jan Serfontein

The Boks ran out comfortable 56-23 victors over Samoa. Pierre Spies was again the worst player for the home side – the efforts of Francois Louw and Willem Alberts to pick up the slack earned them the highest ratings for the Boks. Louw was a deserved Man of the Match.

Springboks in order of ratings from 3 sources:

Francois Louw 8.5 / 8 / 8.5
Willem Alberts 8 / 8 / 8
Bryan Habana 8 / 7 / 8
JJ Engelbrecht 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5
Willie le Roux 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5
Jean de Villiers 7.5 / 7 / 7.5
Eben Etzebeth 7 / 7.5 / 7.5
Jannie du Plessis 7.5 / 7 / 7.5
Morné Steyn 7 / 7 / 7
Adriaan Strauss 7 / 7 / 7
Tendai Mtawarira 7 / 7 / 7
Siya Kolisi 7 / 6 / 7
Bjorn Basson 7 / 6.5 / 6.5
Ruan Pienaar 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5
Flip van der Merwe 6 / 7 / 6
Pierre Spies 4 / 5.5 / 4.5

Springboks

15 Willie le Roux (GWK Griquas), 2 caps
14 Bryan Habana (DHL Western Province), 85
13 JJ Engelbrecht (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 3
12 Jean de Villiers (captain, DHL Western Province), 86 / Jan Serfontein (Bulls), 2
11 Bjorn Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 8
10 Morné Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 44
09 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N-Ireland), 65
08 Pierre Spies (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 52
07 Willem Alberts (The Sharks), 20 / Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province), 1
06 Francois Louw (Bath, England), 18
05 Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 25
04 Eben Etzebeth (DHL Western Province), 13
03 Jannie du Plessis (The Sharks), 44
02 Adriaan Strauss (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 23
01 Tendai Mtawarira (The Sharks), 43

Replacements

16 Bismarck du Plessis (The Sharks), 47
17 Trevor Nyakane (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 2
18 Coenie Oosthuizen (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 3
19 Juandré Kruger (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 10
20 Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province), 1 / Marcell Coetzee (The Sharks), 14
21 Piet van Zyl (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 1
22 Pat Lambie (The Sharks), 22
23 Jan Serfontein (Bulls), 2 / Juan de Jongh (DHL Western Province), 14

The Boks made hard work of beating Scotland 30 – 17 on Saturday. Here are the Bok players ranked according to ratings from 3 sources:

Siya Kolisi: 7.5 / 8 / 8
Eben Etzebeth: 7 / 6 / 7
Bjorn Basson: 6.5 / 6.5 / 6
Bryan Habana: 6 / 6.5 / 6
Willie le Roux: 6 / 6 / 6
Marcell Coetzee: 5.5 / 6.5 / 6
JJ Engelbrecht: 5.5 / 6 / 6
Jean de Villiers: 6 / 5 / 5.5
Adriaan Strauss: 5.5 / 5 / 5.5
Jannie du Plessis: 5.5 / 4 / 5.5
Tendai Mtawarira: 5 / 5 / 5
Morne Steyn: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Ruan Pienaar: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Juandre Kruger: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Pierre Spies: 5 / 4 / 4