The Springboks' squad has been reduced from 41 to 25 members for the Portugal Test after Rassie Erasmus released 16 players on Wednesday.
The decision was in line with his intention to give a group of players a well-deserved break before the Springboks begin their preparations for the 2024 Castle Lager Rugby Championship campaign.on Wednesday afternoon, which will allow them a 10-day break before the Rugby Championship squad assembles in Johannesburg next week Sunday. The squad for the southern hemisphere spectacle is expected to be announced during the course of next week.
“The players have Thursday off and we only have the captains run left on Friday before the match, so it makes sense to give the players not involved in the match some time off. “We are playing back-to-back Test matches against the Wallabies in Australia next month, and then the Springboks face New Zealand on successive weekends in South Africa, followed by a short tour to Argentina and then a trip to Nelspruit where we will conclude the tournament against Los Pumas, so we have to be sensible in how we manage the players to get the most out of them on the field.”
Commenting on the decision to retain only two Springboks as injury cover in the squad, Erasmus said: “Bloemfontein is only a flight away if we need additional cover, and since we had a big group of players who are all fully clued up on what we expect from Portugal, so believe this is the best decision for the team.”
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