The relentless season of non-stop rugby is taking its toll on the Springbok team as an increasing number of players sustain injuries. The article highlights the growing concern surrounding the injuries, pointing to the lack of proper rest and offseason for players due to overlapping franchise and Test commitments.
It’s been a busy and brutal season of non-stop rugby, and it is starting to take a toll as more and more Springbok players get injured.
With the bulk of South Africa’s professional men’s players hardly getting a sufficient break-in-play, let alone a proper offseason, because their northern hemisphere-aligned franchise campaigns overlap with their southern hemisphere-aligned Test obligations, there were bound be consequences, of which injuries are the biggest and most concerning one.
Nasreddine Nabi and bosses at Kaizer Chiefs know that building a new squad does not happen over one transfer window. Don’t miss Tuesday, 4 February’s riveting episode of South African soapie Uzalo on SABC 1 on DStv channel 191.
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