Foreign-based Springboks returning for Test service next month are likely to still be heavily drawn from the RWC 2019 squad. The rehab status of Boks currently inactive through injury like Lood de Jager and RG Snyman will be of special interest to Jacques Nienaber. But while few home-based Boks should enter the mid-year Test period - two against Georgia, three against the prestigious British and Irish Lions - in a dangerously overplayed state, less controllable is the condition foreign-based stars will arrive in. Following successive campaigns in the moderate-rigour environment of Japan (first with Shining Arcs), his body should be well primed and rested for the Bok season. Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks, England)Maybe the biggest injury-related concern, still, of all the key overseas Boks.

Source: News 24 May 19, 2021 07:45 UTC