Zane Kirchner provides the Springboks with cover for the back three. Photo: AAP
South Africa added hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle and fullback Zane Kirchner to its touring squad for Rugby Championship games in Australia and New Zealand next month.
The squad is otherwise unchanged from the group that travelled to Argentina last week and the 28 players will leave South Africa on Saturday ahead of Tests in Australia on September 7 and New Zealand a week later.
South Africa face the weight of history on tour when they play the Wallabies at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane and the All Blacks at Eden Park in Auckland.
The Springboks have never beaten Australia at Suncorp Stadium and last beat New Zealand at Eden Park in 1937.
South Africa and world champions New Zealand top the four-nation Rugby Championship standings after both opened with successive wins.
Squad
Forwards: Lourens Adriaanse, Willem Alberts, Marcell Coetzee, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi, Juandre Kruger, Francois Louw, Tendai Mtawarira, Coenie Oosthuizen, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Gurthr Steenkamp, Adriaan Strauss, Flip van der Merwe, Duane Vermeulen
Backs: Bjorn Basson, Jean de Villiers (capt), JJ Engelbrecht, Bryan Habana, Zane Kirchner, Patrick Lambie, Willie le Roux, Ruan Pienaar, Jan Serfontein, Morne Steyn, Piet van Zyl, Jano Vermaak. – AAP
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