OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 1.00pm.
THE Springbok rugby squad for the grand slam tour to the United Kingdom in November was announced by Springbok manager Arthob Petersen on Saturday.
The squad includes eight new caps, Eastern Province scrumhalf Chad Alcock, EP right wing Deon Kayser, Western Province centre Robbie Fleck, Western Province flanker Corne Krige, Griquas utility back Robert Markram, Golden Lions hooker Owen Nkumane, Western Province lock Johnny Trytsman, and Golden Lions loose forward Andre Vos.
Three other players in the squad, Western Province lock Selborne Boome, Gauteng Falcons flyhalf Braam van Straaten and Griquas utility back Lourens Venter, have toured with the Boks before but none of them have played for the national team before.
Nkumane becomes the first African player to be included in a Springbok squad.
The commplete squad is: Gary Teichmann (Natal, capt), Joost van der Westhuizen (Blue Bulls, vice-capt), Mark Andrews (Natal), Selborne Boome (Western Province), James Dalton (Golden Lions), Naka Drotske (Free State), Gaffie du Toit (Griquas), Johan Erasmus (Free State), Robbie Fleck (Western Province), Adrian Garvey (Natal), Henry Honiball (Natal), Deon Kayser (Eastern Province), Robbie Kempson (Natal), Corne Krige (Western Province), Ollie le Roux (Natal), Robert Markram (Griquas), Willie Meyer (Free State), Percy Montgomery (Western Province), Pieter Muller (Natal), Owen Nkumane (Golden Lions), Krynauw Otto (Blue Bulls), Breyton Paulse (Western Province), Pieter Rossouw (Western Province), Bobby Skinstad (Western Province), Phillip Smit (Griquas), Franco Smith (Blue Bulls), Andre Snyman (Blue Bulls), Werner Swanepoel (Free State), Stefan Terblanche (Boland), Johnny Trytsman (Western Province), Toks van der Linde (Western Province), Braam van Straaten (Falcons), Andre Venter (Free State), Lourens Venter (Griquas), Andre Vos (Golden Lions), Chad Alcock (Eastern Province).
THEY SAID IT
“I can’t believe a team can have so much guts.” — Blue Bulls coach Eugene van Wyk summing up his side’s sensational come-from-behind 31-17 victory over Natal in the Bankfin Currie Cup semi-final rugby match at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night.