Another curveball from Rassie

Rassie keeps making unexpected selections – this time Quan Horn will feature at 10 for the Boks against the Barbarians. Good to see Aphelele Fassi back at 15 with Andre Esterhuizen and Jesse Kriel forming a strong running and tackling pair in midfield. The pack is generally very experienced with two rookies in Andre-Hugo Venter and Riley Norton. Also glad to see Vusi Moyo on the bench. Cheslin Kolbe will be the designated place kicker in the team.

The Barbarians have selected some quality players such as Kellaway, van der Merwe, Albornoz, Perenara and Petty.

Both teams will lack cohesion, although the Boks do have more settled combinations such as the starting back row and centres. I do believe this game will be much closer than last year’s Baabaas game.

15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Quan Horn, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Riley Norton, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Ben-Jason Dixon, 20 Paul de Villiers, 21 Evan Roos, 22 Faf de Klerk, 23 Vusi Moyo

15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Tomás Albornoz, 9 TJ Perenara (c), 8 Miracle Fai’ilagi, 7 Lachlan Boshier, 6 Guido Petti, 5 Alex Moon, 4 Franco Molina, 3 D’Arcy Rae, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements: 16 Leonel Oviedo, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Izack Rodda, 20 Liam McConnell, 21 Santiago Arata, 22 Harry Plummer, 23 Tuidraki Samusamuvodre