Meyer 'drops' Steyn

Published: Wednesday, 21. November, 2012 in category Southern Hemisphere

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has named unchanged starting XV to play England at Twickenham on Saturday.

There are just two changes are on the bench.

Pat Cilliers comes in for the injured CJ van der Linde and Elton Jantjies replaces Morné Steyn.

JP Pietersen and Gurthrö Steenkamp have been cleared for selection, after treatment of niggling injuries.

More to follow...

South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 François Hougaard, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 François Louw, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Pat Cilliers, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Elton Jantjies, 22 Jaco Taute, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.

Date: Saturday, November 24
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 14.30 (14.30 GMT; 16.30 SA time)
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)