Morne van den Berg and Ruan Nortje will earn their first Test starts in a Springbok team that shows 10 changes to the starting line-up for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash with the Wallabies at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Saturday.
Salmaan Moerat will take over the Springbok captaincy for the first time when he leads a squad featuring seven uncapped players in a first Test with emerging nation Portugal in the final match of the Castle Lager Incoming Series in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Salmaan Moerat says he will take a leaf out of former DHL Stormers captain Steven Kitshoff’s book and let his actions speak louder than his words as he prepares to lead this team in the upcoming Vodacom United Rugby Championship season.
Jaden Hendrikse and Salmaan Moerat are set to be included in the Springbok squad for the upcoming Test series against Wales in July.
Damian Willemse, Marvin Orie and Salmaan Moerat are back in training with the Stormers and are all expected to be involved in Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against Zebre in Cape Town.
Former SA Schools and Junior Springbok captain Salmaan Moerat has earned his first Springbok call-up as one of two uncapped players in the 32-man squad for the November tour of the UK.
Stormers captain Siya Kolisi admits there were concerns around whether Salmaan Moerat should travel with the team to New Zealand in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Christchurch last week. (more…)