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Ruled out: JP Pietersen
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JP Pietersen has become the latest back to withdraw from the preliminary training camp for the Springbok end-of-year tour because of injury.
Pietersen suffered a hamstring injury in the Currie Cup semi-final and will also miss the end of year tour. No replacement has been called up.
The news comes on the back of Blue Bulls centre Wynand Olivier being ruled out of the tour with a groin injury. Peter de Villiers is now thin on the midfield front as Jaque Fourie has also been forced out of the European tour with an injury.
Western Province duo Juan de Jongh and Jean de Villiers as well as recalled Sharks utility back Adrian Jacobs are the only centres in the squad.
The revised training group is as follows (overseas-based players were not considered):
Backs: Gio Aplon (Western Province), Bjorn Basson (Griquas), Juan de Jongh , Jean de Villiers, Bryan Habana (all Western Province), Francois Hougaard (Blue Bulls), Adrian Jacobs (The Sharks), Elton Jantjies (Lions), Ricky Januarie (Western Province), Zane Kirchner (Blue Bulls), Patrick Lambie, Lwazi Mvovo (both The Sharks), Morne Steyn (Blue Bulls).
Forwards: Willem Alberts (The Sharks), Bakkies Botha (Blue Bulls), Schalk Burger (Western Province), Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis (both The Sharks), Dean Greyling (Blue Bulls), Alistair Hargreaves (The Sharks), Ashley Johnson (Free State Cheetahs), Ryan Kankowski (The Sharks), Werner Kruger, Victor Matfield (both Blue Bulls), Gerhard Mostert, Tendai Mtawarira (both The Sharks), Coenie Oosthuizen (Free State Cheetahs), Dewald Potgieter, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Danie Rossouw (all Blue Bulls), Juan Smith, Adriaan Strauss (both Free State Cheetahs), Pierre Spies, Deon Stegman (both Blue Bulls), CJ van der Linde (Free State Cheetahs), Flip van der Merwe (Blue Bulls), Duane Vermeulen (Western Province).
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