Pick your Springboks XV
Build and share your ultimate South Africa (Springboks) starting XV and full matchday 23 from the current squad. Tap a jersey, pick your player, and share the link with mates.
Build your Springboks XV →South Africa squad (45 players)
Loosehead Prop
- Ox Nche · Sharks
- Gerhard Steenekamp · Bulls
- Ntuthuko Mchunu · Stormers
- Boan Venter · Lions(specialist loosehead, joining Lions from Edinburgh)
Hooker
- Malcolm Marx · Kubota Spears
- Johan Grobbelaar · Bulls
- Andre-Hugo Venter · Stormers
Tighthead Prop
- Thomas du Toit · Bath
- Wilco Louw · Bulls
- Zachary Porthen · Stormers(young tighthead, can cover loosehead)
- Carlu Sadie · Bulls(uncapped prospect)
Lock
- Eben Etzebeth · Sharks(most-capped Springbok)
- Lood de Jager · Bulls
- Ruan Nortje · Bulls
- Riley Norton · Stormers(20yo former U20 World Cup winning captain; debuted v Barbarians; in leadership group)
- Ruben van Heerden · Sharks(uncapped prospect)
Flanker
- Siya Kolisi · Stormers(captain)
- Franco Mostert · Honda Heat(utility forward, covers lock and blindside)
- Pieter-Steph du Toit · Wild Knights(listed as utility forward; primary blindside flanker)
- Marco van Staden · Bulls
- Ben-Jason Dixon · Stormers
- Vincent Tshituka · Sharks(in leadership group)
- Paul de Villiers · Stormers(uncapped prospect)
Number 8
- Jasper Wiese · Urayasu D-Rocks
- Cameron Hanekom · Bulls
- Evan Roos · Stormers
- Cobus Wiese · Bulls(utility forward; covers N8, flanker and lock)
Scrum-half
- Cobus Reinach · Montpellier
- Grant Williams · Sharks
- Herschel Jantjies · Stormers(2019 RWC winner; recalled for first time since Aug 2023)
- Embrose Papier · Bulls(returns after long absence; URC Player of the Season)
Fly-half
- Handre Pollard · Leicester Tigers
- Manie Libbok · Stormers
- Vusi Moyo · Bulls(uncapped prospect)
Centre
- Damian de Allende · Wild Knights
- Jesse Kriel · Canon Eagles(vice-captain / leadership group)
- Andre Esterhuizen · Sharks
Wing
- Cheslin Kolbe · Tokyo Sungoliath
- Kurt-Lee Arendse · Bulls
- Canan Moodie · Bulls(also covers outside centre)
- Edwill van der Merwe · Lions
- Jaco Williams · Bulls(uncapped prospect)
Fullback
- Damian Willemse · Stormers(utility back; covers fullback, fly-half and centre)
- Aphelele Fassi · Sharks
- Quan Horn · Lions(primarily fullback; recently used at fly-half v Barbarians)