The 56-strong selection will meet in Cape Town for a three-day camp ahead of a Test season that begins with the July visits to South Africa from Italy and Georgia.
The Springboks came within two late kicks of a perfect record across 2024. A Ciaran Frawley drop goal in the 80th minute in Durban and a shanked Manie Libbok Libbok penalty in the 79th minute...
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The Boks are preparing this week for Sunday’s November opener away to Scotland but they have lost Nortje to a midweek leg injury.
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The back-to-back Rugby World Cup champions had already lost Jan-Hendrik Wessels and Damian Willemse for the November tour to Scotland, England and Wales, replacing them with Johan Grobbelaar and Cameron Hanekom.