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Sale Sharks rugby director Steve Diamond has confirmed that the club’s South African contingent will join a Springbok preseason camp to prepare for international action.
The Springboks will play in a shortened version of the Rugby Championship, hosted by New Zealand or Australia, in November. However, with doubts as to whether the tournament can go ahead as planned, the Springboks have also been linked to joining an ‘Eight Nations’ tournament with Six Nations and Fiji.
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Talking with him Telegraph, Diamond revealed that eight of Sale’s South African contingent could be included in a Springbok camp to prepare for the November testing window.
This would mean retirements for the likes of the Du Preez brothers, Robert, Jean-Luc and Daniel, as well as Akker van der Merwe, Coenie Oosthuizen and Rohan Janse van Rensburg, who all missed a spot in the 2019 Springboks World Cup. Cup Squad .
‘All the South Africans I have, with the exception of [new signing] Cobus [Wiese], has been called, ‘Diamond told the newspaper.
‘We won’t lose them until the end of the season but we have two league games and two Europeans [early next season], then something will have to give. ‘
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Robert du Preez got his only test cap when he came off the bench for the Springboks against Wales in the infamous Washington DC game. His form has been warm and cool for the Sale Sharks, but he is currently fourth on the list of top scorers for the Premiership season.
Du Preez’s younger brothers, Jean-Luc and Daniel, were part of the Springboks’ preparations for the 2019 World Cup, but neither of them were able to make it to the final team.
Van der Merwe played for the Boks during the June 2018 series against England, but fell out of favor, with Bongi Mbonambi, Malcolm Marx and Schalk Brits traveling to Japan as the three prostitutes.
17-international mainstay Oosthuizen played the last of his tryouts against Ireland in November 2017, just before Rassie Erasmus took over as Springbok’s coach, but was also part of the Bok camps in 2019.
Janse van Rensburg’s only test for the Springboks was against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in 2016. The 25-year-old center has been in impressive form for Sale in the 2019-20 Premiership season and is fifth on the defender’s list. defeated of the season.
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