South Africas Heyneke Meyer: autumn Tests are platform for World Cup

This is the last opportunity to look at every single player Springboks wary of unbelievable Ireland on tough tour Five new faces in squadHeyneke Meyer has urged his players to use South Africas northern hemisphere tour to book themselves a ticket to next years World Cup in England and expects next months internationals to be the Springboks toughest autumn series. Meyer rates Ireland, in particular, as unbelievable.Meyer selected a bloated 36-man squad earlier this week for matches against Ireland, England, Italy and Wales on consecutive weekends, starting on 8 November. Continue reading...