Overview
- Coach Rassie Erasmus named a 37-player Springbok squad for Rugby Championship tests against Australia on August 16 in Johannesburg and August 23 in Cape Town.
- Lukhanyo Am, Faf de Klerk and Makazole Mapimpi were moved to a stand-by list and excluded from the main roster.
- Ethan Hooker, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Boan Venter, Marnus van der Merwe and Cobus Wiese earned their first Springbok caps.
- Under-20 World Cup winners Bathobele Hlekani, Cheswill Jooste and Haashim Pead received senior team training invitations to gain experience.
- Thomas du Toit was granted a two-week rest and Jasper Wiese begins a four-week suspension under Erasmus’s workload and discipline policy.