Springbok player celebrate during a light-hearted game of football this week. Photo: @Springboks/Twitter
Epic photo as Springboks change it up in training
The Springboks have been ‘having fun while getting the job done’ during a Cape Town camp over the last few weeks.
Springbok player celebrate during a light-hearted game of football this week. Photo: @Springboks/Twitter
A group of 14 players recently gathered in Cape Town for a three-week Springboks camp, which is now drawing to its conclusion. The multi-faceted camp has seen players taking part in some team building exercises and different sporting codes, while there have also been intense fitness and training drills.
This week the Springboks shared an epic photo showing several players celebrating wildly as they changed things up at training. On social media, Kolisi captioned the image by stating: “When your mate @ebenetzebeth4 scores the winning goal in soccer!”
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You can check out what the Springboks have been up to below:
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Springboks coach Jacques Nienaber expressed his satisfaction with the strides made at the physical and rugby development camp, and said they were ticking the desired boxes.
“It has been great to see the players’ attitude and their application of what we’ve been working through,” said Nienaber.
“Our focus in the first week was mainly on the rugby fundamentals and building a base from a physical point of view. This week we built on that by working on more specific rugby conditioning to add the off-field alignment sessions.
“We’ll close off the camp in Stellenbosch where we plan to step up the intensity of our field sessions and build on what we achieved.”
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FIXTURES IN 2023
Rugby Championship:
✈ 8 July: South Africa vs Australia (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)
✈ 15 July: South Africa vs New Zealand (Venue and time TBC)
✈ 29 July: Springboks vs Argentina (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)
World Cup warm-ups:
✈ 5 August: South Africa vs Argentina (Vélez Stadium, Buenos Aires)
✈ 19 August: Springboks vs Wales (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
✈ 25 August: South Africa vs New Zealand (Twickenham Stadium, London)
Rugby World Cup:
✈ 10 September: South Africa vs Scotland (Stade Vélodrome, Marseille)
✈ 17 September: Springboks vs Romania (Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux)
✈ 23 September: South Africa vs Ireland (Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris)
✈ 1 October: Springboks vs Tonga (Stade Vélodrome, Marseille)
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Quarter-finals sequence of play is as follows:
QF 1 — Winner Pool C vs Runner up Pool D
QF 2 — Winner Pool B vs Runner up Pool A
QF 3 — Winner Pool D vs Runner up Pool C
QF 4 — Winner Pool A vs Runner up Pool B
Semi-finals sequence of play is as follows:
SF 1 — Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
SF 2 — Winner QF3 v Winner QF4
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Third place playoff:
Loser SF 1 vs Loser SF 2
World Cup final:
Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2
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