Overseas Springboks on board as Nienaber names 40-man Rugby Championship training squad

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber on Saturday named a 40-man training squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship.

The squad features several overseas-based players for a three-week training camp in Pretoria. The camp starts on Sunday and will run until Thursday, 29 June.

The overseas players who will assemble in Pretoria are outside backs Cheslin Kolbe and Willie le Roux, centres Damian de Allende, Andre Esterhuizen and Jesse Kriel, scrumhalves Cobus Reinach and Faf de Klerk, flyhalf Handre Pollard, hooker Malcolm Marx, No 8 Jasper Wiese, utility forwards Franco Mostert and Jean-Luc du Preez, loose forwards Pieter-Steph du Toit, Kwagga Smith and Jasper Wiese, locks Lood de Jager and RG Snyman, as well as props Vincent Koch and Trevor Nyakane.

The squad - with the exception of Nyakane, Koch and Du Preez - will begin their on-field training sessions on Monday.

The above-mentioned trio will join later due to personal and club commitments.

Props: Thomas du Toit (Sharks), Steven Kitshoff (Stormers), Vincent Koch (Stade Francais), Frans Malherbe (Stormers), Ox Nche (Sharks), Trevor Nyakane (Racing 92)

Hookers: Joseph Dweba (Stormers), Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), Bongi Mbonambi (Sharks)

Locks: Lood de Jager (Wild Knights), Eben Etzebeth (Sharks), Marvin Orie (Stormers), RG Snyman (Munster)

Loose Forwards: Pieter-Steph du Toit (Verblitz), Siya Kolisi (Sharks), Evan Roos (Stormers), Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs), Marco van Staden (Bulls), Duane Vermeulen (N/A), Jasper Wiese (Leicester)

Utility Forwards: Jean-Luc du Preez (Sale Sharks), Deon Fourie (Stormers), Franco Mostert (Honda Heat)

Scrumhalves: Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles), Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks), Herschel Jantjies (Stormers), Cobus Reinach (Montpellier), Grant Williams (Sharks)