Pieter-Steph du Toit and Ruan Nortje will pack down for South Africa in their injury-depleted second row for the first of two home Rugby Championship tests against New Zealand at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Following the announcement of several significant coaching appointments by South African Rugby, one of the glaring omissions in Philip Snyman has explained why his future remains in limbo.
On the rugby field as well as on the streets of the Spanish island of Tenerife, Moussa Diaby Wage is one of thousands of migrants from Mali seeking a better future in Europe.
Springbok assistant coach Deon Davids has said that South Africa may have to face New Zealand in Johannesburg on Saturday without their most-capped player, Eben Etzebeth, while RG Snyman and Salmaan Moerat are not yet ready to return to Test action.
Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff enjoyed comfortable wins in the first round of the US Open on Monday while Dominic Thiem bid a final farewell to the Grand Slam where he enjoyed his greatest triumph.