The first camp will take place from Wednesday 17 to Friday 19 May, with the second camp running from Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 May.Fifteen players have been invited, but the group excludes players from the DHL Stormers, who are preparing for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final this weekend.
The Boks will begin their official preparations for the Rugby Championship at a training camp in Pretoria from Monday 12 to Friday 30 June, with the team slotting into Test-match mode the following week for their opening match of the southern hemisphere showpiece against Australia at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, 8 July.
“With the Vodacom United Rugby Championship nearing an end and the Castle Lager Rugby Championship around the corner we decided to host two camps to get the ball rolling and get everyone on the same page for the international season,” said Nienaber. “These camps will build on those we hosted in Cape Town and Stellenbosch respectively at the end of February and March, which included a bunch of locally based players.”