Mvovo, Hougaard back in the Springbok squad for Australasian tour

Lwazi Mvovo and Francois Hougaard are both included in the 28-man Springbok squad for the two away Rugby Championship Tests against Australia and New Zealand.

Sharks wing Mvovo comes into the travelling party as replacement for Ruan Combrinck, who sustained a leg fracture over the weekend against Argentina, resulting in him being ruled out for 6 weeks.

Hougaard, who was not considered for the two Pumas Tests because of a knee injury, has recovered and added to the Springbok squad.

The Springbok squad for Brisbane and Christchurch is:

1. Lourens Adriaanse

2. Damian de Allende

3. Lood de Jager

4. Juan de Jongh

5. Faf de Klerk

6. Pieter-Steph du Toit

7. Eben Etzebeth

8. Johan Goosen

9. Bryan Habana

10. Francois Hougaard

11. Elton Jantjies

12. Steven Kitshoff

13. Vincent Koch

14. Jaco Kriel

15. Jesse Kriel

16. Francois Louw

17. Lionel Mapoe

18. Malcolm Marx

19. Bongi Mbonambi

20. Oupa Mohoje

21. Franco Mostert

22. Tendai Mtawarira

23. Lwazi Mvovo

24. Trevor Nyakane

25. Rudy Paige

26. Morne Steyn

27. Adriaan Strauss

28. Warren Whiteley

The Springboks play against the Wallabies on 10 September in Brisbane and then tackle the All Blacks a week later in Christchurch in their next assignments of the 2016 Rugby Championship.