The Springboks will include seven non-white players in 23-man match squads next year if dramatic transformation proposals are adopted, Radio New Zealand reports.
At least five of the seven should be on the field at any time during Tests leading up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, a South African Rugby Union says.
Only three non-whites - wingers Cornal Hendricks and Bryan Habana and prop Tendai Mtawarira - started in their Rugby Championship loss to the Wallabies last Saturday.
They were among four black forwards and three black backs included in a 30-man Springboks squad selected by coach Heyneke Meyer to tour Australia and New Zealand.
Facing intense government pressure to transform a historically white sport, the SARU wants half the national team to be non-white by the 2019 season.
NEWS: The #Springboks must be 50% black by 2019 according to Saru's transformation plan. http://t.co/pnus9Lgg74 pic.twitter.com/gCWnBZw5zw
— SA Rugby magazine (@SARugbymag) September 7, 2014
