Eight more players added to Springbok training squad

July 25, 2018
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Ultimate Rugby

Lwazi Mvovo is one of eight players from the Sharks who have been added to the Springbok training squad. They will join the camp on Thursday in Stellenbosch, where the group is currently busy with preparations for the next month’s Rugby Championship.

The Durban-based group consists of four forwards, namely Beast Mtawarira (prop), Thomas du Toit (prop), Akker van der Merwe (hooker) and Jean-Luc du Preez (loose forward) and also four backs - Lukhanyo Am (centre), André Esterhuizen (centre), Makazole Mapimpi (wing) and Mvovo (wing).

Players from the Lions will be added to the training squad once they have completed their Super Rugby commitments. The Gautengers play the Waratahs in a semi-final match on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Meanwhile, Cobus Wiese and JD Schickerling have both been released from the training camp back to the Western Province Currie Cup team.

The updated Springbok training squad (with Cell C Sharks players marked in bold):

Forwards:

Jean-Luc du Plessis (Cell C Sharks)

Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Stormers)

Thomas du Toit (Cell C Sharks)

Eben Etzebeth (DHL Stormers)

Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers)

Siya Kolisi (DHL Stormers)

Wilco Louw (DHL Stormers)

Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers)

Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers)