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Coach Peter de Villiers has opted to leave the likes of Schalk Burger and Bryan Habana at home, giving Francois Steyn (Racing Metro), Joe van Niekerk (Toulon) and props CJ van der Linde (Leinster) and BJ Botha (Ulster) a chance to press claims for places at the 2011 World Cup.