There’s a distinct mix between experienced men that need to guide the team to victory and youngsters being groomed for the future.

All the drama surrounding their outgoing director of rugby has, apparently, been brushed off as the Currie Cup campaign approaches.

While the Springbok dream remains alive, the scrumhalf is now only focusing on being a senior player in the squad.

And that’s a difficult thing to pinpoint when it comes to a ‘very special player’.

South Africa’s rugby’s premier domestic tournament, which starts this week, has been watered down due to endless changes to its format.

The experienced flanker’s presence in the Springbok side allows his captain to fulfill a role many believe is better for him.

Rassie Erasmus has ‘rugby law’ on his side in terms of the availability of men like Willie le Roux, Faf de Klerk and Francois Louw but doesn’t want to abuse it.

Suddenly, there’s a pretty decent core of stalwarts staying till 2019 after the initial doom and gloom of a Super Rugby exodus of players.

These are the men who can help shape the latest chapter of Rassie Erasmus’ revolution.

But that’s not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to the Springboks’ No 8 jersey…

It’s been a long wait for the Springboks’ enforcer at lock to make his return to competitive action.

The now very much familiar friendly tussle between Faf de Klerk and Ross Cronje is back.

The rookies have certainly received high praise from their national coach.

Depth in the front row is now suddenly becoming a bit of a problem for the men from Ellis Park.

The national coach lauds the Lions flyhalf as a player with ‘character’ and can be certain of his place in the Bok setup.

His fine showings in the series against England were clearly telling as Rassie Erasmus announces a fairly settled group for the Rugby Championship.

The Lions coach remains calm as the franchise braces for a substantial exodus of leading players.

The men from Ellis Park, a bit predictably, didn’t score high marks in a match where many underperformed.

The hosts were full value in defending their title as Swys de Bruin’s men endure heartache for a third year in a row.

Swys de Bruin had earlier in the week said that the defending champions ‘get away with a lot’ but the Kiwis believe their opponents aren’t exactly squeeky clean.

Our experts don’t believe the doom and gloom of other observers regarding Saturday’s Super Rugby final but Swys de Bruin’s men will have to be top notch.

Swys de Bruin and his troops have had their fair share of luck in this year’s tournament. In fact, they didn’t even have control over two outcomes!