Flanker Kabamba Floors and number eight Jacques Cronje were called into South Africa's Tri-Nations squad yesterday.

They fill vacancies left by the international retirement announced yesterday of AJ Venter and a rib injury to Luke Watson.

Cronje made the last of his 29 test appearances against England in November, when Floors won his only cap to date.

More than 20 of South Africa's leading players have been omitted from the party to prepare for September's Rugby World Cup. The 28-man squad leave tomorrow for tests against Australia in Sydney on Saturday week and New Zealand in Christchurch the following Saturday.

REVISED SQUAD -Backs: T Chavhanga, M Claassens, B Conradie, B Fortuin, P Grant, D Hougaard, W Julies, W Murray, W Olivier, B Paulse, R Pienaar, JP Pietersen, J Pretorius. Forwards: J Ackermann, E Andrews, G Botha, D Carstens, B du Plessis, J du Plessis, K Floors, H Lobberts, J Muller, B Skinstad, A van den Berg, W van Heerden, J Cronje, C Visagie, P Wannenburg.