World Cup winner Jean Kleyn will join the Springboks in Edinburgh on Friday as a replacement for Ruan Nortje, who suffered a leg injury at training.
Springboks locl Ruan Nortje catches the ball in a line-out during the Rugby Championship Test against the All Blacks. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFPWorld Cup winner Jean Kleyn will join the Springboks in Edinburgh on Friday as a replacement for Nortje, who suffered a leg injury at training on Wednesday.
Nortje, who stepped up in the Boks’ engine room this season in the absence of players such as Kleyn, RG Snyman and Franco Mostert – hurt his leg during Wednesday’s field training session. With three Test matches on this tour, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus opted to draft Kleyn into the travelling squad.
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