Damian de Allende, Lwazi Mvovo and Malcolm Marx have been released by South Africa and will be available for Currie Cup action this week.

De Allende returns to Western Province, Mvovo goes back to the Sharks while Marx, who made his Springbok debut as a second-half replacement against the All Blacks two weeks in Christchurch, joins the Golden Lions.

The three players will join their provincial training teams on Tuesday after it was agreed to release them earlier than normal, because of the short training week for their Currie Cup teams.

Meanwhile, the Springboks returned to the training field on Monday with two sessions at Fourways High School in Johannesburg in preparation for their Rugby Championship Test against Australia at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, when you can bet on rugby with Paddy Power.