Springboks' latest three debutants attended these SCHOOLS
Kick-off is at 17:10.
They are Asenathi Ntlabakanye (Lions prop), who featured in their 54-7 victory against the Barbarians two weekends ago, Cobus Wiese (Bulls utility forward) – brother of No 8 Jasper Wiese – and Ethan Hooker (Sharks utility back), who have all been in fantastic form for their respective franchises this year.
The trio will become Springboks #947, #948 and #949 depending on what order they are called off the bench.
Asenathi Ntlabakanye attended St Stithians College in Sandton, Gauteng.
He will become just the third Springbok old boy from the school after Lance Sherrell and Brent Russell.
Cobus Wiese attended Hoërskool Upington and will become the fifth Springbok produced by the Northern Cape school, following in the footsteps of Willem Barnard, Mannetjies Gericke, Tiaan Strauss, and his brother Jasper Wiese.
The Wiese's will become the 37th set of brothers to play for South Africa.
Finally, Ethan Hooker attended Westville Boys' High School.
He will become the third Springbok from the KwaZulu-Natal school after Tim Cocks and Waylon Murray.
Below, a full list of all the SCHOOLS the Springbok squad for Saturday attended: Position Player School 15 Willie le Roux Paul Roos 14 Edwill van der Merwe Paul Roos 13 Canan Moodie Boland Landbou 12 Andre Esterhuizen Klerksdorp 11 Makazole Mapimpi Jim Mvabaza 10 Manie Libbok Outeniqua 9 Grant Williams Paarl Gimnasium 8 Jasper Wiese Upington 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit Swartland 6 Marco van Staden Hoërskool Bekker 5 Ruan Nortje Wonderboom 4 Salmaan Moerat Paarl Boys' High 3 Wilco Louw HTS Drostdy 2 Malcolm Marx KES 1 Thomas du Toit Paarl Boys' High Reserves 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels Grey College 17 Ox Nche HTS Louis Botha 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye St Stithians 19 Cobus Wiese Upington 20 Evan Roos Paarl Boys' High 21 Cobus Reinach Grey College 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Bishops 23 Ethan Hooker Westville
Paarl Boys' High lead the way with three representatives, while Grey Bloem, Paul Roos and Upington all have two old boys.
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