List of seven South Africans, including FOUR SPRINGBOKS, in this weekend’s Euro Cup finals

Here is a complete list of the seven South Africans — including four capped Springboks — that’ll turn out for the four overseas-based teams in the European Cup finals this weekend. 

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The European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals take place this weekend and comprise of two Frenchs teams — La Rochelle and Toulon — and one Irish and Scottish side respectively — Leinster and the Glasgow Warriors. 

In the Challenge Cup final on Friday night, Toulon take on the Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, a neutral ground for both sides. 

And a day later, on Saturday, Leinster will welcome La Rochelle to the same venue for the Champions Cup title-decider.  

Every one of these foreign sides boast one or more South African-born player in their match-day squad for this weekend’s European finals.

In total there are seven Saffas who’ll be in action for the overseas-based teams in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals respectively, and of those four are capped Springboks.

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SOUTH AFRICANS IN CHAMPIONS CUP AND CHALLENGE CUP

GLASGOW WARRIORS VS TOULON (FRIDAY, 9PM, DUBLIN)

Glasgow Warriors — Kyle Steyn, JP du Preez.
Toulon — Cheslin Kolbe*, Cornell du Preez.

LEINSTER VS LA ROCHELLE (SATURDAY, 5:45PM, DUBLIN)

Leinster — Jason Jenkins*.
La Rochelle — Dillyn Leyds*, Raymond Rhule*.

*Denotes capped Springbok players

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CHALLENGE CUP TEAMS

Glasgow Warriors — 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Sebastián Cancelliere, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Kyle Steyn (captain), 10 Domingo Miotti, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Sione Vailanu, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Jean-Pierre du Preez, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Jamie Bhatti.
Subs: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Richie Gray, 20 Lewis Bean, 21 Rory Darge, 22 Alistair Price, 23 Stafford McDowall.

Toulon — 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Jiuta Wainiqolo, 13 Waisea Nayacalevu, 12 Duncan Paia’aua, 11 Gabin Villiere, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Cornell du Preez, 5 Brian Alainu’uese, 4 Mathieu Tanguy, 3 Beka Gigashvili, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Dany Priso.
Subs: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Kieran Brooks, 19 Facundo Isa, 20 Mathieu Bastareaud, 21 Baptiste Paillaugue, 22 Ihaia West, 23 Jeremy Sinzelle.

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CHAMPIONS CUP TEAMS

Leinster — 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Jimmy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Caelan Doris, 5 James Ryan (captain), 4 Ross Molony, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter.
Subs: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Michael Ala’alatoa, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Ryan Baird, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ciarán Frawley, 23 Charlie Ngatai.

La Rochelle — 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Gregory Alldritt (captain), 7 Levani Botia, 6 Paul Boudehent, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Romain Sazy, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Pierre Bourgarit, 1 Reda Wardi.
Subs: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 17 Joel Sclavi, 18 Georges Henri Colombe, 19 Thomas Lavault, 20 Remi Bourdeau, 21 Ultan Dillane, 22 Thomas Berjon, 23 Jules Favre.

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