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Adre Smith has been rewarded after a fine season with the Stormers.
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Burly Stormers lock Adre Smith was called up to the Springbok training squad in Johannesburg on Sunday.
A large national squad is preparing for next Saturday’s matches (20 June) at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium where the Springboks will tackle the Barbarians (15:00) and an SA A side will square off against Zimbabwe (12:00).
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Smith, who boasts more than 50 caps for the Stormers, joins his franchise and second row team-mate Ruben van Heerden, who also received a call-up to the Bok squad earlier in the week. Van Heerden replaced the injured Salmaan Moerat.
Smith, who is renowned for his physicality, will add grunt to the Bok forward stocks.
He joined the world champions on Sunday, with the team to resume their preparations on Monday after spending the weekend with their families.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus and SA A team head coach Mzwandile Stick will announce their match-day squads on Tuesday, with the squad to depart for the Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon.
National squad:
Forwards: Lood de Jager (Wild Knights), Paul de Villiers (Stormers), Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers), Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz), Eben Etzebeth (Sharks), Neethling Fouche (Stormers), Bathobele Hlekani (Lions), Hanro Jacobs (Sharks), Vincent Koch (Sharks), Siya Kolisi (Sharks), JJ Kotze (Stormers), Danie Kruger (Stormers), Sibabalwe Mahashe (Lions), Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), Ntuthuko Mchunu (Stormers), Siphosethu Mnebelele (Bulls), Franco Mostert (Honda Heat), Ox Nche (Sharks), Riley Norton (Stormers), Zachary Porthen (Stormers), Oliver Reid (Stormers), Evan Roos (Stormers), Emmanuel Tshituka (Sharks), Vincent Tshituka (Sharks), Liam van Wyk (Sharks), Andre-Hugo Venter (Stormers), Boan Venter (Edinburgh), Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks), Phepsi Buthelezi (Sharks), Carlu Sadie (Bordeaux Begles), Ruben van Heerden (Stormers), Adre Smith (Stormers)
Backs: Yaqeen Ahmed (Stormers) Lukhanyo Am (DynaBoars), Damian de Allende (Wild Knights), Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles), Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks), Aphelele Fassi (Sharks), Luan Giliomee (Sharks), Quan Horn (Lions), Jurenzo Julius (Sharks), Imad Khan (Stormers), Cheslin Kolbe (Tokyo Sungoliath), Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles), Manie Libbok (Kintetsu Liners), Vusi Moyo (Sharks), Markus Muller (Stormers), Haashim Pead (Lions), Zekhethelo Siyaya (Sharks), Nico Steyn (Lions), Edwill van der Merwe (Sharks), Damian Willemse (Stormers), Grant Williams (Sharks), Jaco Williams (Sharks)
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