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Uncapped quartet named in Springboks squad

Full-back Warrick Gelant scores a try for Bulls against Sharks

South Africa have included four uncapped players in a 34-man squad for their tour of Europe.

Young backs Warrick Gelant and Lukhanyo Am got the nod along with flanker Dan du Preez and scrum-half Louis Schreuder for the Tests against Ireland, France, Italy and Wales.

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Jean-Luc du Preez injured his ankle in the Currie Cup final on Saturday and will undergo a scan on Monday to determine whether he is able to play any part.

Prop Coenie Oosthuizen and loose forward Uzair Cassiem was also named after recovering from injuries, while Tendai Mtawarira is back in contention after missing the defeat against New Zealand in Cape Town due to family reasons.

Francois Venter and Oupa Mohoje are recalled, but Jan Serfontein requested to be left out as he seeks to adapt to life at Montpellier following his recent switch.

Siya Kolisi will miss the Test against Italy on November 25 as his wife is due to give birth the following week, but the flanker is due to return for the final match of the tour against Wales.

Eben Etzebeth will captain the Springboks in the absence of the injured Warren Whiteley.

South Africa: Uzair Cassiem, Lood de Jager, Ruan Dreyer, Dan du Preez, Jean-Luc du Preez, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth [captain], Steven Kitshoff, Siya Kolisi, Francois Louw, Wilco Louw,  Malcolm Marx, Bongi Mbonambi, Oupa Mohoje, Franco Mostert, Tendai Mtawarira, Trevor Nyakane, Coenie Oosthuizen, Chiliboy Ralepelle; Lukhanyo Am, Curwin Bosch, Andries Coetzee, Ross Cronje, Damian de Allende, Warrick Gelant, Elton Jantjies, Jesse Kriel, Dillyn Leyds, Rudy Paige, Handre Pollard, Raymond Rhule, Louis Schreuder, Courtnall Skosan, Francois Venter.

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JW 5 hours ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Yep, no one knows what will happen. Thing is I think (this is me arguing a point here not a random debate with this one) they're better off trialing it now in a controlled environment than waiting to open it up in a knee jerk style reaction to a crumbling organtization and team. They can always stop it again.


The principle idea is that why would players leave just because the door is ajar?


BBBR decides to go but is not good enough to retain the jersey after doing it. NZ no longer need to do what I suggest by paying him to get back upto speed. That is solely a concept of a body that needs to do what I call pick and stick wth players. NZR can't hold onto everyone so they have to choose their BBBRs and if that player comes back from a sabbatical under par it's a priority to get him upto speed as fast as possible because half of his competition has been let go overseas because they can't hold onto them all. Changing eligibility removes that dilemma, if a BBBR isn't playing well you can be assured that someone else is (well the idea is that you can be more assured than if you only selected from domestic players).


So if someone decides they want to go overseas, they better do it with an org than is going to help improve them, otherwise theyre still basically as ineligible as if they would have been scorning a NZ Super side that would have given them the best chance to be an All Black.

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