Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has named a 40-man Rugby Championship training squad set to assemble for a three-day camp in Pretoria starting on Sunday.
Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth is confident he will have fully recovered from injury in time for the Rugby Championship at the beginning of July.
Eben Etzebeth is set to miss the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship after Sharks boss Neil Powell revealed his shoulder injury was worse than initially thought.
After 'reading the tea leaves', New Zealand coach Ian Foster admitted that he doesn't see himself leading the All Blacks next year.
South Africa and New Zealand will meet only once in this year's Rugby Championship when they clash at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on July 15.
The Rugby Football Union has acted in response to a dismal autumn that concluded England's worst year since 2008, comprising of six defeats, a draw and five wins.