Fourie du Preez and Duane Vermeulen are well on track to be ready for the Springboks' World Cup opener against Japan on September 19. A cloud had been hanging over the fitness of the experienced duo on whose shoulders rest coach Heyneke Meyer's hopes of World Cup success.The pair yesterday took part in the team's first training session of their last week of preparation at home before jetting out to the U K.With both players in high spirits, team doctor Craig Roberts was also confident that they would be available for selection for the opening match in just under a fortnight."We are building the guys up slowly, so we are happy this week. We started progressing some of the guys to full training," Roberts beamed.Vermeulen has not played since injuring his neck just before the Stormers' Super rugby play-off match against the Brumbies in June.Du Preez, 33,who has not seen any international rugby this year, has been plagued by injury over the past 18 months."Fourie has done very well," Roberts said of the scrumhalf."He obviously hasn't played a lot of rugby. For him we are trying to get more and more simulated game time in training."He did a full training session, including lots of contact with some nice hits," Roberts said.There were only three absentees from the session.Captain Jean de Villiers and winger Bryan Habana sat out the session both suffering from flu, while lock Eben Etzebeth was out with a stomach ache...