SA A gets Bok injection
Hooker Siyabonga Ntubeni, flank Sikhumbuzo Notshe, scrumhalf Nic Groom and flyhalf Garth April are all members of the 31-man Bok training squad that first got together last week in Stellenbosch.
They will join coach Johan Ackermann and his A-Team on Tuesday in Bloemfontein and will be in action on Friday.
The four players will rejoin the Springbok squad on Saturday in Cape Town, where the Boks are facing Ireland in the opening Test of the three-match June series.
The two remaining encounters between the two sides will be played on consecutive weekends in Johannesburg (June 18) and Port Elizabeth (June 25).
Meanwhile the Springboks continued with their final preparations for the weekend's big clash with a split session between backs and forwards in Cape Town on Tuesday.
The backline players were put through their paces at the Cape Town Stadium, while the forwards performed their drills at the Green Point Track next door.
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee will name his match 23 on Thursday.
The last time the Springboks and Ireland met in a Test on South African soil was 12 years ago, when Coetzee was one of the assistant coaches.
