Rugby-Boks recall veteran flyhalf Steyn for British & Irish Lions tour


  • Rugby
  • Sunday, 06 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - South Africa v United States of America - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool B - Olympic Stadium, London, England - 7/10/15 South Africa's Morne Steyn kicks a conversion Reuters / Toby Melville Livepic

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa have included veteran flyhalf Morne Steyn in their 46-man squad to face the British & Irish Lions next month, a return to the side for the player who kicked the Springboks to a series win when the teams last met in 2009.

Steyn, 36, who won the last of his 66 caps in 2016, is the third flyhalf in the squad along with Handre Pollard and Elton Jantjies, as the Boks retained 30 of the 33 players from their 2019 Rugby World Cup triumph in Japan, the last time they played an international.

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