The Boks will play 4 Tests on consecutive Saturdays subsequent month – towards Ireland in Dublin on 5 November, France in Marseille on 12 November, Italy in Genoa on 19 November and England in London on 26 November on the Outgoing Tour.
The SA ‘A’ group, coached by Stick, will play two mid-week matches – towards Munster on Thursday, 10 November, and the Bristol Bears every week later on 17 November.
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The Springbok and SA ‘A’ touring squads shall be named on Friday, 28 October, with the Bok squad set to collect in Dublin on Sunday, 30 October.
A additional 20 SA ‘A’ players are set to depart for Ireland every week later on Saturday, 5 November, to start their preparations for the conflict towards Munster in Cork, the place they are going to be joined by a couple of players from the preliminary 34-man touring squad.
Canan Moodie, who’s nursing a hamstring damage, is amongst these invited to an upcoming three-day coaching camp in Stellenbosch to enable the Springbok medical group to assess the extent of his damage.
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Coach Jacques Nienaber was excited in regards to the camp and mentioned it might serve the twin objective of giving the players some useful coaching time after a couple of weeks of individualised coaching programmes, whereas concurrently getting the players again into the Springbok buildings and programs with a tricky tour forward, that includes the highest two groups on this planet in Ireland and France.
Nienaber additionally revealed that the Japanese-based players have been granted permission to take part within the closing Test of the tour towards England, which falls exterior of the worldwide Test window, and he expressed his gratitude to the golf equipment for helping the Boks’ trigger lower than a yr out from the Rugby World Cup in France.
“I would like to extend a sincere thank you to the Japanese clubs for their co-operation in granting us permission to select the national players plying their trade in Japan for the England Test,” mentioned Nienaber.
“We said from the start of the season that we need to use every opportunity to build momentum and squad depth with an eye on the World Cup next year, and that match plays a vital role in this process as England will enter the international spectacle as one of the top teams to watch.”
The England and France-based players within the touring squad shall be launched to their respective golf equipment following the Italy Test.
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(*54*)Players invited to Boks’ coaching camp:
(*54*)Props: Thomas du Toit (Cell C Sharks), Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe (each DHL Stormers), Ox Nche (Cell C Sharks)
(*54*)Hookers: Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks)
(*54*)Locks: Lood de Jager (Wild Knights), Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks), Salmaan Moerat (DHL Stormers)
(*54*)Loose Forwards: Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz), Siya Kolisi (Cell C Sharks), Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls), Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs)
(*54*)Utility Forwards: Deon Fourie (DHL Stormers), Franco Mostert (Honda Heat)
(*54*)Scrumhalves: Faf de Klerk (Yokohama Canon Eagles), Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks)
(*54*)Flyhalf: Johan Goosen (Vodacom Bulls)
(*54*)Centres: Jesse Kriel (Yokohama Canon Eagles), Damian de Allende (Wild Knights)
(*54*)Outside Backs: Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls), Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz), Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks), Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls), Sbu Nkosi (Vodacom Bulls)
(*54*)Utility Back: Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers)
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