Sharks’ McLeod called up for Boks

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Published on June 29, 2011 with No Comments

Springbok coach Peter De Villiers has called his preliminary Rugby World Cup squad into camp to begin preparations for the international season.  The camp will take place in Cape Town from July 5 to 8.

Stormers players will not attend if their team is involved in the Vodacom Super Rugby final.

Charl McLeod (The Sharks, pictured above) has been called in to the training squad in place of Ricky Januarie, who has retired from international rugby.

The players will undergo medical assessments to assist in selection for the Castle Tri-Nations Series. The squad for the first leg of the Series will be named on July 9.

Preliminary Rugby World Cup squad:

Player Province Caps
Willem Alberts The Sharks 3
Gio Aplon DHL Western Province 13
Bjorn Basson Vodacom Blue Bulls 4
Andries Bekker DHL Western Province 24
Bakkies Botha Vodacom Blue Bulls 72
BJ Botha Munster, Ireland 25
Heinrich Brüssow Toyota Free State Cheetahs 13
Schalk Burger DHL Western Province 63
Juan de Jongh DHL Western Province 6
Jean de Villiers DHL Western Province 67
Bismarck du Plessis The Sharks 36
Jannie du Plessis The Sharks 24
Fourie du Preez Vodacom Blue Bulls 55
Jaque Fourie DHL Western Province 62
Dean Greyling Vodacom Blue Bulls -
Bryan Habana DHL Western Province 68
Alistair Hargreaves The Sharks 2
Francois Hougaard Vodacom Blue Bulls 8
Adrian Jacobs The Sharks 32
Butch James MTN Golden Lions 40
Elton Jantjies MTN Golden Lions -
Ashley Johnson Toyota Free State Cheetahs -
Ryan Kankowski The Sharks 17
Zane Kirchner Vodacom Blue Bulls 14
Werner Kruger Vodacom Blue Bulls -
Patrick Lambie The Sharks 4
Francois Louw DHL Western Province 7
Charl McLeod The Sharks -
Victor Matfield Vodacom Blue Bulls 105
Tendai Mtawarira The Sharks 26
Johann Muller Ulster, Ireland 23
Lwazi Mvovo The Sharks 2
Odwa Ndungane The Sharks 7
Wynand Olivier Vodacom Blue Bulls 32
Coenie Oosthuizen Toyota Free State Cheetahs -
Ruan Pienaar Ulster, Ireland 47
JP Pietersen The Sharks 36
Chiliboy Ralepelle Vodacom Blue Bulls 18
Danie Rossouw Vodacom Blue Bulls 54
John Smit The Sharks 102
Juan Smith Toyota Free State Cheetahs 69
Pierre Spies Vodacom Blue Bulls 40
Gurthrö Steenkamp Vodacom Blue Bulls 31
Deon Stegmann Vodacom Blue Bulls 4
Frans Steyn Racing Metro, France 42
Morne Steyn Vodacom Blue Bulls 25
Adriaan Strauss Toyota Free State Cheetahs 9
Flip van der Merwe Vodacom Blue Bulls 10
Duane Vermeulen DHL Western Province -


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