Injured Lions wings Aphiwe Dyantyi and Ruan Combrinck and Stormers flyhalf Damian Willemse form part of a group of players invited to the second Springbok alignment camp. Coach Rassie Erasmus will run the rule over 22 players from the ranks of the Lions and Stormers for his second alignment camp from April 8 to 11. Dyantyi has been sidelined for up to six weeks with a pectoral muscle injury‚ while Combrinck is in the final stages of recovery after he was sidelined with a shoulder injury at the end of last season. Three alignment camps have been scheduled to accelerate preparations for the forthcoming international season. A dozen players from the Bulls were invited to the first camp, which finished in Vanderbijlpark on Wednesday. Two members of the Bulls coaching staff, Hayden Groepes (attack coach) and Jacus Coetzee (strength and conditioning coach)‚ and convener of national selectors Peter Jooste attended the proceedings. The second camp is set to start on Sunday. Durban will host...

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