Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus says he was tempted to pull Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu out of the team for the second Test against the All Blacks in Cape Town.
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Erasmus revealed on Tuesday night that Feinberg-Mngomezulu tried to keep the injury from the coaching team and the medical team ahead of the secondcauldron where he started at flyhalf, and then had a top cameo coming off the bench in Cape Town as the Springboks won back-to-back matches against the All Blacks., where the Springboks will face Los Pumas in Santiago del Estero on Saturday night .
Normally the Springboks’ protocols prescribes that players who aren’t fully fit on the Monday will not be available for selection. "I actually wanted to pull him out of the team because he was limping. One of the things that our players must understand, even the young guys, is that they need to be honest with their injuries,“ Erasmus said.
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