Springbok head coach Peter de Viliers has decided not to select any of his foreign-based players for next month's UK tour.
The decision to pick players based solely in South Africa means that Bath outside-half Butch James misses out, along with Leinster’s CJ van der Linde and Toulon’s Joe van Niekerk.
"We decided against selecting players from overseas on this occasion as they know they can slot in at any time," added de Villiers.
"We have named what we believe is the strongest squad.
”It has been selected from the players we used during the Vodacom Tri-Nations as well as the form players in the Absa Currie Cup.”
The World Champions feature two uncapped players, Golden Lions No10 Earl Rose and Cheetahs flanker Heinrich Brüssow, in a 28-man squad for the Tests against Wales, Scotland and England on November 8, 15 and 22 respectively.
"Both Earl and Heinrich really put their hands up in the Absa Currie Cup,” added de Villiers.
"Earl's form may have dipped at times but he has the 'X' factor you look for in a fly-half and has time to develop while Heinrich has really burst onto the scene and is outstanding at contesting at the breakdown.” South Africa squad to tour the UK
Backs Jean de Villiers - Western Province Fourie du Preez - Blue Bulls Jaque Fourie - Golden Lions Bryan Habana - Blue Bulls Adrian Jacobs - Sharks Conrad Jantjes - Western Province Enrico Januarie - Western Province Jongi Nokwe - Cheetahs Odwa Ndungane - Sharks Ruan Pienaar - Sharks JP Pietersen - Sharks Earl Rose - Xerox Golden Lions Francois Steyn - Sharks
Forwards Andries Bekker - Western Province Bakkies Botha - Blue Bulls Schalk Burger - Western Province Heinrich Brüssow - Cheetahs Bismarck du Plessis - Sharks Ryan Kankowski - Sharks Victor Matfield - Blue Bulls Tendai Mtawarira - Sharks Chiliboy Ralepelle - Blue Bulls Brian Mujati - Western Province Danie Rossouw - Blue Bulls John Smit (captain) - Sharks Juan Smith - Free State Cheetahs Pierre Spies - Blue Bulls Gurthrö Steenkamp - Blue Bulls
On standby Peter Grant - Western Province Jannie du Plessis - Sharks Johann Muller - Sharks Wynand Olivier - Blue Bulls Adriaan Strauss - Cheetahs Heinke van der Merwe - Golden Lions Jano Vermaak - Golden Lions
