The United Rugby Championship kicks off this Friday and among the three evening matches is the visit of the Stormers to Galway to face Connacht.
The South African side boasts the likes of Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Damian Willemse, Paul de Villiers and Cobus Reinach, but they are not likely to make the trip.
South Africa take on Australia in Perth on the Sunday having triumphantly completed the four-Test series against New Zealand.
The tour by the All Blacks meant there was no Rugby Championship so the Springboks bookended the month of greatest rivalry encounters with trips to Argentina an...