Rassie Confident In Squad Depth, Releases Players For Urc Season Openers

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has released three players from his training squad in Mbombela to their local franchises ahead of the United Rugby Championship URC.

The Springboks are currently in the Nepruit preparing for Saturday's Rugby Championship decider against Argentina at the Mbombela Stadium.

Ben-Jason Dixon, Johan Grobbelaar and Canan Moodie have been released to the Bulls and Stormers, respectively as the URC 2024/25 season kicks off in South Africa.

With sufficient cover in the squad should any injuries arise, Erasmus was comfortable to release the players to the Bulls Grobbelaar and Moodie and Stormers Dixon respectively for their season openers against Edinburgh and Ospreys respectively.

The Bulls face Edinburgh at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday 15:00, while Dixon will link up with the Stormers in Wales, where they will line up against Ospreys 20:30 SA time in Bridgend.