SOUTH AFRICA coach Peter de Villiers dumped his overseas stars in favour of a home-based squad for next month's tour of England, Wales and Scotland.
De Villiers snubbed World Cup heroes Butch James, who currently plays at Bath, and CJ van der Linde, who has moved to Leinster since the Tri Nations.
SOUTH AFRICA SQUAD: Backs: F du Preez, J de Villiers, J Fourie, B Habana, A Jacobs, C Jantjes, R Januarie, O Ndungane, J Nokwe, R Pienaar, JP Pietersen, E Rose, F Steyn.
Forwards: A Bekker, B Botha, S Brits, H Brussow, B du Plessis, R Kankowski, V Matfield, B Mujati, B Mtawarira, C Ralepelle, D Rossouw, J Smit (capt), J Smith, P Spies, G Steenkamp.
NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry has named seven new players in his 35-man squad for the autumn tour to Hong Kong and Europe.
Props Ben Franks and Jamie Mackintosh, loose forwards Scott Waldrom, Kieran Read and Liam Messam and backs Hosea Gear and Cory Jane are all in line to make their debuts.
NEW ZEALAND SQUAD: J Afoa, A Boric , D Carter , J Cowan , S Donald, A Ellis , J Eaton , R Filipo , C Flynn , B Franks , H Gear, A Hore , C Jane , R Kahui, J Kaino, R McCaw, J Mackintosh, K Mealamu, L Messam, M Muliaina , M Nonu, K Read, J Rokocoko , S Sivivatu, C Smith, R So'oialo, A Thomson, B Thorn, N Tialata, I Toeava, A Tuitavake, P Weepu, S Waldrom, A Williams, T Woodcock.
