Frans Steyn insists the past is irrelevant as he looks to put a forgettable few weeks behind him when he runs out for South Africa against Australia on Saturday.

AFTER terrorising the British & Irish Lions, as well as the southern hemisphere teams with his right boot, Springbok fly-half Morné Steyn hopes he can cause equal damage on a Europe tour that begins against France in Toulouse tomorrow night.

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SOUTH Africa coach Peter de Villiers has described Morne Steyn as a match winner after calling up the fly-half to replace the injured Ruan Pienaar for Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test match with New Zealand.

South Africa flanker Schalk Burger has been suspended for eight weeks after being cited for gouging the eyes of British and Irish Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald.

The inclusion of uncapped Morne Steyn in the South Africa squad to face the British and Irish Lions in the three-match Test series starting later this month has been welcomed by vice-captain Victor Matfield.

FORMER South Africa coach Carel du Plessis does not believe the country’s current injury woes in key positions is a problem ahead of the British and Irish Lions series that begins next month.

Part of the top floor of a shopping centre collapsed on to an ice rink crowded with children, police in Pretoria, South Africa said. Twenty-one people were injured, some seriously.