Siya Kolisi will lose the captaincy of the Springboks. The coach of the double world champions, Rassie Erasmus, announced on Tuesday that he would entrust this responsibility to a player playing in South Africa.

The third-row wing (83 selections since 2013, 3rd in the 2015 World Cup) now plays in France, at Racing 92 – he played 12 matches in all competitions, had finger surgery on March 6, he will be absent until the beginning of April - and he should lose the armband.