Stormers tour: Herschel's chance to nose back toward Bok favour

It's been a tough old time for Herschel Jantjies in terms of his Test career ... in short, it’s stalled.

The Springboks, squad-wise, went famously scrumhalf-heavy and flyhalf-light at the outset of their successful defence of the World Cup crown in France late last year.

Yes, Handre Pollard made a timely, influential return to beef the pivot stocks after the campaign had begun, but the Boks nevertheless bucked trends (Rassie Erasmus? Never!) by carrying as many as four specialist "nines" in their ranks throughout.