{"id":9864,"date":"2012-04-12T16:10:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-south-africa-name-first-planning-squad-for-england-tests\/"},"modified":"2012-04-12T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:10:05","slug":"rugby-south-africa-name-first-planning-squad-for-england-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-south-africa-name-first-planning-squad-for-england-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-South Africa name first "planning" squad for England tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 12<\/span> (Reuters) – South Africa named a 31-man squad on
\nThursday for a training camp involving Cheetahs and Lions
\nplayers as new Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer begins preparations
\nfor England’s tour of the country in June.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meyer has to juggle the demands of the Super Rugby season
\nwith trying to be ready for his first test as coach since being
\nappointed in January.<\/p>\n

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The first of three “planning sessions” will take place from
\nApril 16 to 19 in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

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The second camp from April 23 to 26 will feature players
\nfrom the Bulls and the Sharks while the third camp will take
\nplace in Cape Town with Stormers players from May 1-3.<\/p>\n

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“I’ve been mindful of the fact that we won’t have a lot of
\ntime to prepare for England, but these sessions will greatly
\nassist in getting the players ready for when we get together a
\nweek before the first test,” Meyer said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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“We’ve planned these camps in accordance with their bye
\nweekends during Super Rugby and I’ve given the franchises the
\nassurance that there won’t be any intense field training during
\nour sessions – it will be mostly theoretical planning sessions
\nas well as walk through sessions of our planned plays.”<\/p>\n

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Squad:<\/p>\n

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Forwards – Coenie Oosthuizen, Caylib Oosthuizen, Pat
\nCilliers, CJ van der Linde, WP Nel, Adriaan Strauss, Bandise
\nMaku, Callie Visagie, Izak van der Westhuizen, Davon
\nRaubenheimer, Franco van der Merwe, Heinrich Brussow, Derick
\nMinnie, Pieter Labuschagne, Ashley Johnson, Juan Smith, Josh
\nStrauss, Philip van der Walt.<\/p>\n

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Backs – Piet van Zyl, Michael Bondesio, Johan Goosen, Elton
\nJantjies, Butch James, Willie le Roux, Andries Strauss, Doppies
\nLa Grange, Robert Ebersohn, Alwyn Hollenbach, Lionel Mapoe, Jaco
\nTaute, Hennie Daniller.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

(Writing by Jason Humphries in Durban; Editing by Mark
\nMeadows; mark.meadows@thomsonreuters.com; +44 207 542 7933;
\nTwitter: @mark_meadows; Reuters Messaging:
\nmark.meadows.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net; For
\n the sports blog Left Field: blogs.reuters.com\/sport<\/a>))<\/p>\n

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