Some interesting selections could be in store for the Springboks when their Rugby Championship squad is announced this week, said coach Rassie Erasmus, after an inexperienced team produced a top performance to rout Portugal 64-21 in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Heading into the Portuguese match, 14 of the match-23 had a combined total of 25 caps between them, and despite that inexperience and losing a World Cup winner in Andre Esterhuizen to a third minute red card, they rallied superbly to power to a thumping result.
Four of the seven debutants , namely Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Phepsi Buthelezi, Andre-Hugo Venter and Quan Horn scored tries, while Johan Grobbelaar, Morne van den Berg and Ruan Venter also made their mark.
After the game Erasmus admitted that most of the players had put their hands up and could be in the selection mix for the Rugby Championship and could even feature against Australia and Argentina.
Having seven debutants play, with four of them scoring tries, makes things interesting when it comes to selecting the squad for the Rugby Championship and the trip to Australia, said Erasmus.
