Bok bombshell: Star players Pollard, Am ruled out of 2023 Rugby World Cup as Kolisi returns
What was expected to be a relatively serene and uneventful Springbok squad announcement turned into an exercise marred by the exclusion of three key players.
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Injury flies in ointment: De Jager, Am, Pollard on (hopeful) Bok standby list
New (injury) flies in the ointment.
World champion Springboks face 'very difficult' task picking World Cup squad
Twenty-six of the 33 Springboks who won the last Rugby World Cup in Japan four years ago are contenders for places in the next edition in France, starting on 8 September.
Wiese's timely charge shows the apprentice is still chasing master Vermeulen for Bok No 8 jersey
Up until Saturday, a substantial contingent of onlookers might've believed the wily Duane Vermeulen had usurped Jasper Wiese as the Springboks' first-choice No 8 ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
Nienaber admits gutsy Bok XV muddies WC selection waters: 'Final meeting will be difficult'
While there's still a distinct sense that the Springboks won't assemble a World Cup squad with many surprises, head coach Jacques Nienaber admitted that the sheer number of fine showings in Saturday's 24-13 victory over Argentina has presented him with a welcome headache.
Springbok World Cup hopefuls turn the screws on Pumas with rousing comeback victory
Dirt trackers, fringe members, hopefuls.
Pumas fullback cops 2-week ban for aerial collision with Bok No 9 Williams
Argentina fullback Juan Cruz Mallia has received a two-week suspension for his aerial challenge on Springbok scrumhalf Grant Williams in last Saturday's Rugby Championship encounter in Johannesburg.
Last chance saloon for Springbok World Cup hopefuls, goal-kicking ace Boffelli back for Pumas
Up to nine starters and four replacements will be desperate to impress South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber in a Rugby World Cup warm-up against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday.