South Africa to hold training camp in Jersey

World champions South Africa will clasp a training campy successful Jersey up of this year's autumn internationals.

The Springboks will guidelines themselves astatine Jersey RFC and nan adjoining Strive wellness nine successful October successful mentation for their games successful Europe.

They travel nan England team and nan British and Irish Lions who person utilized nan aforesaid accommodation successful past years, arsenic good arsenic a number of Premiership sides.

"Having had nan Lions and England squad successful caller years, and galore clubs person travel complete and played and trained connected nan island, we're delighted to invited nan world champions," Strive main executive and erstwhile Jersey Reds caput coach Ben Harvey told BBC Radio Jersey.

"It's an iconic squad and we've worked really difficult to get them present and they've yet decided to come."

Harvey is hoping nan Springboks tin thief to animate young group to play rugby connected nan island, particularly aft nan demise of Jersey Reds.

The then-Championship champions folded past September aft getting into financial difficulties, leaving Jersey's amateur broadside arsenic nan main squad connected nan island.

"By bringing nan elite teams present what I wanted to show to children is that you tin execute that," Harvey added.

"Having nan world champions connected nan island, wherever they tin spot that they're human, they do nan aforesaid things that everybody other does, and that these kids tin execute it if they activity hard."