The best centre pairing in world rugby reunited once more...

To the excitement of many Springbok fans, Jean de Villiers has received a call up to the Springbok squad who will face Ireland this Saturday.

Since de Villiers departed our shores to join Irish club, Munster, things haven’t been the same in the Springbok midfield, with both Adi Jacobs and Wynand Olivier being leaps and bounds behind de Villiers as far as performance in the Green and Gold strip is concerned. PDV’s hand has been forced, due to injuries, once again, in going against his policy of  non selection of overseas based players.

We all know what Jean de Villiers is capable of, and it’s an exciting prospect to see the centre pairing between him and Jaque Fourie renewed, but just in case you suffer from occasional short term memory loss, probably brought on by years and years of binge drinking, this should jog your memory.

JDV – the magician: [CombatBok]

On the other hand, the Irish coaching staff have opted to go with a relatively unknown #10, as far as the fact that us Southern Hemisphere fans haven’t seen much of him before. Jonathan Sexton from Leinster has cracked the nod ahead of experienced campaigner, Ronan O’Gara. This is probably due to the fact that O’Gara will be 34 by the time the next IRB Rgby World Cup rolls around in 2011, and the Irish will be keen to see exactly what they have waiting in the wings.

This is the only clip I could find of Sexton:[MildyMac]