Springboks drop Botha and Mtawarira

Front row pair BJ Botha and Tendai Mtawarira are among five player that have been dropped from the South Africa squad to face New Zealand in their Tri Nations encounter in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Springboks drop Botha and Mtawarira
Mon, 16 Aug, 2010 - 10:54

Front row pair BJ Botha and Tendai Mtawarira are among five player that have been dropped from the South Africa squad to face New Zealand in their Tri Nations encounter in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Coach Peter de Villiers, who had named an expanded 29-man list for a training camp last week, has also left out the suspended centre Jaque Fourie and injured pair Frans Steyn and Ryan Kankowski.

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