South Africa's director of rugby Rassie Erasmus said on Monday fly-half Handre Pollard will not feature against Ireland in their keenly-awaited Rugby World Cup Pool B match this weekend.

Pollard, 29, has replaced injured hooker Malcolm Marx in the squad with the inconsistent Manie Libbok the only recognised stand-off in the group.

Pollard scored 22 points in the Springboks' 32-12 World Cup final victory over England four years ago and had originally been left out of this squad due to a calf issue.

"He will definitely not be selected this week apart from if there are two or three injuries," Erasmus told reporters.

"He's only just joined us today.

"He must get up to speed with the intensity of our training sessions, get through them and slot in nicely.

"We've only played two games of this World Cup so I'm pretty sure somebody will press on his button and use him but not this weekend," he added.

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