Elton Jantjies' international career is in the balance after he was sent home from Argentina where the Springboks are preparing for next Saturday's Rugby Championship clash against Los Pumas.
were ordered to return home after reports of a hotel tryst while the team were preparing for their match against the All Blacks in Mbombela last month.
A Sunday newspaper reported the pair as having spent a quarrelsome time at a guest house where a bill was left unpaid.The Springbok management are aware of reports regarding Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies and team dietitian Zeenat Simjee between the training camp in Sabie and the Test match against New Zealand in Mbombela earlier this year,”No team protocols were breached, but the individuals are returning to SA to attend to these personal reportsthe statement continued.
Damian Willemse moved to flyhalf for the remainder of that match and helped spark the Springboks to life in their come-from-behind victory. Jantjies was retained in the squad as backup flyhalf but his on-field services were not required in the second of two Tests in Australia when Willemse again took charge.While Willemse, who has played fullback and inside centre for the Boks, can easily act as backup to Pollard when the occasion demands, Jantjies' future is far more uncertain.
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