Boks released for Currie Cup
Out of the original 49 players named prior to this year's Rugby Championship, 18 will either be available for their South African provinces or jet off to rejoin their overseas clubs.
This means Warren Whiteley (Golden Lions), Vincent Koch (Pumas), Lionel Mapoe (Golden Lions) Cornal Hendricks (Free State Cheetahs), Marcell Coetzee (Sharks), Cobus Reinach (Sharks), Scarra Ntubeni (Western Province), Oupa Mohoje (Free State Cheetahs), Franco Mostert (Golden Lions), Marcel van der Merwe (Blue Bulls), Jan Serfontein (Blue Bulls), Steven Kitshoff (Western Province) and Frans Steyn (Sharks) can be considered for Currie Cup duty from this weekend.
Players like Heinrich Brussow (Docomo Red Hurricanes, Japan), Elton Jantjies (NTT Shining Arcs, Japan), Jaque Fourie (Kobelco Steelers) and Heinke van der Merwe (Stade Francais, France) will head for their overseas clubs.
Meanwhile it has been confirmed to Sport24 that there would be no official standby list for players to be called up for the World Cup.
This paves the way for any player - local or abroad - to be called up in case of a Springbok injury at the World Cup.
The Boks start their World Cup campaign against Japan in Brighton on September 19.
Their second pool game is on September 26 against Samoa in Birmingham, before Tests against Scotland in Newcastle on October 3 and the USA in London on October 7.
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