Lions centre Henco van Wyk's dreams of playing for the Springboks this year are seemingly over following his undergoing knee surgery.
It is just the latest setback for Henco van Wyk, who has now had three knee surgeries since the beginning of 2023.Lions centre Henco van Wyk will have to wait to make his Springbok debut as his season has come to a premature end due to a knee injury.Lions in the bonus-point victory over LeinsterThe 22-year-old was making his return from a knee injury suffered against the Sharks in the first weekend of March, which kept him out of action for six weeks.
The injury will also mar any hopes Van Wyk had of getting a Springbok call-up this year, after being part of the first alignment camp in Cape Town. This is the third knee injury that the former Junior Springbok star has suffered, the first coming in January 2023 during his breakthrough season for the Lions.
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