READ NEXT: Wales matchdays must be revolutionised, the WRU has fallen asleep at the wheel Those 28 players have been punching in for 'mini-camps' - two or three days of training per week - since June 1.
It has been largely conditioning work to get the players back up to speed after a few weeks off. Players were not required to stay at the team hotel during that time.
But from Monday, the more traditional pre-series camp began in earnest. Players are now based at the team hotel on the outskirts of Cardiff, where intensity levels are rising and more on-pitch rugby work being introduced as they prepare for Test match rugby against the world champions.
Wales' five England-based players will arrive in camp this coming Monday, four days before the squad travel to South Africa, regardless of when their respective seasons finished.
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