Here are our winners and losers following the announcement of Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks team to face Japan at Wembley Stadium in London next Saturday.
WINNERS Zachary Porthen
In a match day 23 selection showing seven changes from the October 4 Rugby Championship title-clinching win over Argentina at Twickenham, the debut-making 21-year-old is the alteration that jumps off the page.
He only made his first-ever Stormers start in the United Rugby Championship on October 18, yet he has now been spectacularly fast-tracked for a maiden Test start that will see him become the Springboks‘ youngest-ever prop in the professional era.
The one
