When Rassie Erasmus named the Springboks’ 37-man squad for the upcoming November internationals, one aspect of his selection flew under the radar, and that was the rather unusual decision to only select two hookers for the tour.
In fact, Malcolm Marx is the only specialist hooker considering that Jan-Hendrik Wessels has previously been deployed as a utility player, capable of slotting in at loosehead prop or hooker.
With Bongi Mbonambi currently not in the national mix, Deon Fourie out with injury, and Johan Grobbelaar omitted from the tour group, it leaves regular flanker Marco van Staden as a stop-gap option
Read the full article from The South African Rugby here.
