Rassie Erasmus has named six uncapped players in his Springboks squad for the northern hemisphere leg of the Nations Championship.

Yaqeen Ahmed, Sebastian de Klerk, Luan Giliomee, Markus Muller, Riley Norton, and Emmanuel Tshituka have all earned their first national call-ups for the Springboks‘ final four Tests of the season.

Meanwhile, World Cup winners Cheslin Kolbe, Eben Etzebeth, Andre Esterhuizen, and Handre Pollard have been ruled out of contention for selection due to injury.

Rassie Erasmus adds more youth to the Springboks set-up

Winger De Klerk and back-rower Tshituka are the eldest of the new additions to the squad at 26

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