The other three uncapped players in the touring party, Frans Malherbe, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Louis Schreuder, have been part of the national squad previously.

The DHL Western Province Under-21 team confirmed their age group dominance of the Absa Under-21 Provincial Championship by beating the Vodacom Blue Bulls 30-23 in the final of the competition at DHL Newlands on Saturday.

The Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-19 team crowned a perfect season on Saturday by beating a gutsy MTN Golden Lions side 35-23 in the final of the Absa Under-19 Provincial Championship.

The Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-21 coach Nollis Marais named the same starting XV that beat The Sharks in the semi-final of the Absa Under-21 Provincial Championship last weekend to take on DHL Western Province in the final of the competition at DHL Newlands on Saturday.

U21 Absa Junior championship final: Western Province v Vodacom Blue Bulls The Vodacom Blue Bulls U21 side faces off against Western Province in the final of the Absa Junior Championship at Newlands on Saturday. The match will be a curtain raiser for the Absa Currie Cup final and it should be a hotly contested affair.

The Blue Bulls were crowed the 2013 Amateur Provincial Champions on Saturday after edging Western Province 31-30 in a gripping match at DHL Newlands.

DHL Western Province and the Vodacom Blue Bulls this past weekend reaffirmed their status as the top teams in the Absa Under-21 Provincial Championships by booking their places in the final in Cape Town on Saturday.

Western Province and the Blue Bulls will battle it out for the title of national amateur champions at DHL Newlands on Saturday in a grand finale to the 2013 Amateur Provincial series.

The Sharks and DHL Western Province will have semifinal spots in their sights when they line up in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division this weekend, while the Vodacom Blue Bulls and GWK Griquas will be fighting for survival as only three pool rounds remain.

The move of regular loose forward and captain, Ruan Steenkamp, to hooker, dominates the team announcement of the Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-21 side to face Border on Friday, 20 September in Pretoria.