Category: Springboks

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 Springbok Test against Italy starts at 17h15 in Durban, following the match between Scotland and Samoa (14h15)

Springboks (Caps)

15 Willie le Roux – 0
14 Bryan Habana – 83
13 JJ Engelbrecht – 1
12 Jean de Villiers (c) – 84
11 Bjorn Basson – 6
10 Morné Steyn – 42
09 Jano Vermaak – 0
08 Pierre Spies – 50
07 Willem Alberts – 20
06 Francois Louw – 17
05 Juandré Kruger – 8
04 Eben Etzebeth – 11
03 Jannie du Plessis – 42
02 Adriaan Strauss (vc) – 21
01 Beast Mtawarira – 41

Impact players
16 Chiliboy Ralepelle – 21
17 Trevor Nyakane – 0
18 Coenie Oosthuizen – 2
19 Flip van der Merwe – 23
20 Arno Botha – 0
21 Ruan Pienaar – 63
22 Pat Lambie – 20
23 Jan Serfontein – 0

The new guys: Willie le Roux, Jan Serfontein, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Lappies Labuschagne, Lourens Adriaanse, Trevor Nyankane, Arno Botha, Siya Kolisi, Jano Vermaak

Union breakdown: Bulls (12), Sharks (8), WP (6), Cheetahs (5), Overseas (2), Griquas (1)

Backs

Zane Kirchner – Blue Bulls – Fullback
Pat Lambie – The Sharks – Flyhalf / Fullback
Gio Aplon – Western Province – Wing / Fullback
Willie le Roux – Cheetahs – Fullback / Wing
Lwazi Mvovo – The Sharks – Wing
Bryan Habana – Western Province – Wing
Bjorn Basson – Blue Bulls – Wing
JJ Engelbrecht – Blue Bulls – Centre / Wing
Juan de Jongh – Western Province – Centre
Jean de Villiers (C) – Western Province – Centre
Jan Serfontein – Blue Bulls – Centre
Morné Steyn – Blue Bulls – Flyhalf
Ruan Pienaar – Ulster, Ireland – Scrumhalf
Francois Hougaard – Blue Bulls – Scrumhalf
Jano Vermaak – Blue Bulls – Scrumhalf

Forwards
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The first Springbok training camp of 2013 will be held in Cape Town from 14 to 16 April. 35 players including Pieter-Steph du Toit, Jan Serfontein and Robert Ebersohn have been invited to attend.

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer said: “With minimal time to prepare for the series involving Italy, Scotland and Samoa, we’ve approached the franchises, in line with the IRB Regulations, to ask for their assistance with these two camps. It’s important to keep continuity and it was very difficult to select only 35 players, as there are many more that are currently playing great rugby. There have been a number of new faces that have put up their hands this year, such as Pieter-Steph du Toit, Jan Serfontein and Robert Ebersohn, while we also have a high number of players out with injuries, but who will be available for the Tests in June. (more…)