TUESDAY, 1.00PM:
NORTHERN Transvaal rugby selectors on Monday named an unchanged squad to face Free State in a Bankfin Currie Cup match in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Springbok wing Andre Snyman was left out even though national coach Carel du Plessis gave permission for him to play.
Northern Transvaal convenor of selectors Deon Boardman said they will not change the squad. “We have already announced our side and it is too late to change it now,” he said.
Meanwhile, Free State will be allowed to include three of their Springbok players: flyhalf Jannie de Beer, scrumhalf Werner Swanepoel and flank Johan Erasmus.
NORTHERN TRANSVAAL TEAM: Kosie Alberts; Piet van Deventer, Jannie Claassens, Grant Esterhuizen, Archer Dames; Roland de Marigny, Conrad Breytenbach; Adriaan Richter (capt), Schutte Bekker, Nicky van der Walt, Wium Basson, Derick Grobbelaar, Matthew Proudfoot, Jannie Brookes, Lourens Campher. Reserves: Thys Potgieter, Jannie Kruger, Stefan Bothma, Ralf Schroeder, Pierre Ribbens, Brent Moyle.