While finalising their team for today's Rugby World Cup squad announcement, the Springbok coaches' biggest selection headache would have come from how many of their walking wounded they can realistically afford to take to France. | simxabanisa
Former Springbok captains Francois Pienaar and John Smit flank current Springbok captain Siya Kolisi ahead of the Springbok/Argentina Test at Ellis Park.While finalising their team for today's Rugby World Cup squad announcement, the Springbok coaches' biggest selection headache would have come from how many of their walking wounded they can realistically afford to take to France.
Jacques Nienaber and Rassie Erasmus have had their captain Siya Kolisi and his second-in-command Handre Pollard in cotton wool since before the team met to prepare for its title defence, thanks to knee and calf ailments, respectively. It wasn't long before Ox Nche joined them on the sidelines due to a pectoral muscle injury, with outside centre Lukhanyo Am a late casualty addition after failing to emerge from the tunnel in the Boks' World Cup warm-up game against Argentina over the weekend, the fear being that he has reinjured his knee, which would have required a scan on Monday to assess the damage. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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