At the end of October, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named six uncapped players in a 37-man squad for the second leg of the Nations Championship in November.
Unfortunately, young flyhalf Yaqeen Ahmed spent only a week with the team before having to head home for scans on a shoulder injury.
That’s left Sebastian de Klerk, Luan Giliomee, Markus Muller, Riley Norton and Emmanuel Tshituka on tour with the Springboks, but Erasmus opted against handing out any debuts for last weekend’s Test against 11th-ranked Italy.
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In explaining the decision to not expose any of the uncapped youngsters in the one match
Read the full article from The South African Rugby here.
