Six black players in White’s new-look Springboks squad

SOUTH AFRICAN rugby boss Brian van Rooyen yesterday announced the first national squad under coach Jake White, including six black players, to play Ireland and Wales in tests next month.

Van Rooyen announced major changes to the game in February, including the grooming of black coaches and setting targets to get more black players into the team.

“There is this notion that if a team is selected, people will say very quickly ‘yes we have to transform the game, but we also have to win’,” said Van Rooyen at the time.