Shock selections: Wales drop oldies, pick rookies to face Springboks

Warren Gatland called up four uncapped players and omitted three regulars from his Wales squad for their one-off Test against the Springboks.

Tommy Reffell of Wales embraces South Africa captain Siya Kolisi after the rugby test match between South Africa and Wales at the Cape Town Stadium, South Africa, 16 July 2022. Photo: EPA/NIC BOTHMATommy Reffell of Wales embraces South Africa captain Siya Kolisi after the rugby test match between South Africa and Wales at the Cape Town Stadium, South Africa, 16 July 2022. Photo: EPA/NIC BOTHMA

There were also recalls for Ben Carter, Dewi Lake, Jac Morgan, Taine Plumtree and Christ Tshiunza, having missed this year’s Six Nations campaign due to injury. Wales will named an updated squad of 34 players who will travel to Australia will be confirmed following the Springboks encounter.“We’ve selected a bigger squad because we don’t have the English club-based players available for the South Africa match. So we will be reducing the squad from 36 to 34 players for Australia.where we played some really good rugby and put the opposition teams under some pressure, but we probably weren’t accurate enough,” the Wales boss said.

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