Springbok Rugby World Cup standby players
- Bok line-up in Port Elizabeth (Photo: Denese Lups/Rugby15)
The Springbok selectors on Wednesday confirmed the names of 12 players who have been placed on standby should the Rugby World Cup squad be affected by injury.
Meanwhile a number of players sat out the first squad training session on Wednesday. Peter de Villiers, Springbok coach, said that they were all as the result of bumps and bruises picked up in Saturday’s victory over New Zealand.
“If there was a Test match on Saturday, they’d all be available to play other than Frans Steyn (hamstring) and Patrick Lambie (shoulder),” said de Villiers. “We’ll have a full squad to choose from for the first match of the tournament on September 9.”
The standby squad is:
| Zane Kirchner | Blue Bulls |
| Lwazi Mvovo | The Sharks |
| Wynand Olivier | Blue Bulls |
| Elton Jantjies | Golden Lions |
| Charl McLeod | The Sharks |
| Ashley Johnson | Free State Cheetahs |
| Jean Deysel | The Sharks |
| Gerhard Mostert | Stade Francais |
| Alistair Hargreaves | The Sharks |
| Dean Greyling | Blue Bulls |
| Werner Kruger | Blue Bulls |
| Adriaan Strauss | Free State Cheetahs |
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