IN the past, picking a Springbok World Cup squad was much easier.
The first-choice side was usually entrenched, with one or two selection debates, and you could mix and match the bench.
The extra seven or so players who didn’t feature in the main games would be on the bench for the “easier” pool games, while not really pushing for a starting berth.
But Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber will have to make some tough calls before they announce the final 33-man World Cup squad on August 8.
They began that process last night – after the URC final between the Stormers and
