Rassie Erasmus calls up another lock into Springboks squad

Stormers lock Adre Smith has been added to the South Africa squad that are preparing to face Zimbabwe and the Barbarians in a double header this weekend.

The uncapped 29-year-old will team up with the Springboks squad on Monday in Johannesburg before they head to Gqeberha on Wednesday, where South Africa A will take on Zimbabwe and the Boks face the Barbarians at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.

Smith is the second Stormers lock to be added to Rassie Erasmus’ squad, following Ruben van Heerden last week, was was called in to replace La Rochelle-bound Stormers captain Salmaan Moerat, who had picked up an injury in camp.

There were questions marks hanging over a number of locks heading into camp, with Lood de Jager only having a handful of minutes under his belt after seven months out with a hip injury, while the same issue has kept Eben Etzebeth sidelined in recent months.

Following the double header, the Bok squad will be flooded with Bulls players, who are competing in the United Rugby Championship final against Leinster on Saturday, ahead of their opening match of the Nations Championship against England at Ellis Park.

Fixture

Nations Championship

South Africa

08:40

4 Jul 26

England

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Updated South Africa squad (in alphabetical order):
Forwards: Phepsi Buthelezi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Lood de Jager (Wild Knights), Paul de Villiers (DHL Stormers), Ben-Jason Dixon (DHL Stormers), Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz), Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Neethling Fouche (DHL Stormers), Bathobele Hlekani (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Hanro Jacobs (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Siya Kolisi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), JJ Kotze (DHL Stormers), Danie Kruger (DHL Stormers), Sibabalwa Mahashe (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), Ntuthuko Mchunu (DHL Stormers), Siphosethu Mnebelele (Vodacom Bulls), Franco Mostert (Honda Heat), Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Riley Norton (DHL Stormers), Zachary Porthen (DHL Stormers), Oliver Reid (DHL Stormers), Evan Roos (DHL Stormers), Carlu Sadie (Bordeaux-Begles), Adre Smith (DHL Stormers), Emmanuel Tshituka (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Vincent Tshituka (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Ruben van Heerden (DHL Stormers), Liam van Wyk (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Andre-Hugo Venter (DHL Stormers), Boan Venter (Edinburgh), Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks).

Backs: Yaqeen Ahmed (DHL Stormers) Lukhanyo Am (DynaBoars), Damian de Allende (Wild Knights), Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles), Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Luan Giliomee (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Quan Horn (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Jurenzo Julius (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Imad Khan (DHL Stormers), Cheslin Kolbe (Tokyo Sungoliath), Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles), Manie Libbok (Kintetsu Liners), Vusi Moyo (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Markus Muller (DHL Stormers), Haashim Pead (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Zekhethelo Siyaya (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Nico Steyn (Fidelity Securedrive Lions), Edwill van der Merwe (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers), Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks), Jaco Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks).