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Two broken legs and two more out long-term: Boks' worrying injury list
South Africa will start their Rugby Championship campaign next month without four of their star players.
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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus revealed that veteran lock Franco Mostert suffered a leg fracture in the loss to Ireland at the weekend and will not make the trip to Australia for the two Tests against the Wallabies Down Under.
Mostert will be sidelined for six weeks, meaning he is in a race against time to be back for the second Test against New Zealand in Cape Town on September 7.
Back-up captain Pieter-Steph du Toit will also miss the first Rugby Championship Test – in Brisbane on August 10.
Erasmus put Du Toit’s recovery at “four to six weeks”.
Wing Cheslin Kolbe, who also suffered a lower leg injury in the Kings Park loss, might play again in the second Test against the Wallabies in Perth on August 17.
Their World Cup-winning teammate Malcolm Marx suffered a tibia fracture when he was crock-rolled in the loss to Ireland.
Wing Edwill van der Merwe will be sidelined for six weeks with an ankle injury he suffered while playing in a Currie Cup match for the Lions this past weekend.
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The good news is that flyer Canan Moodie has recovered from his finger fracture and should be available to train again next week.
Interesting to note the silence and justifications from the -“Rg is a dirty dog” crowd- in this whole croc role debacle. It was clear to see Doris’ intent when he initiated the roll. Red Card and six game ban right there
Oh Ja. Canan Moodie. Forgot about that guy.
Perfect chance to get back to cycling their roids.
Why'd Marx play on for near 25 mins if he'd a ‘broken leg?’
Did Kolbe injure himself in the dive at the end?
Broken legs with a recovery time of 6 weeks?
Something’s off
You live by the sword then sometimes you die by the sword.
Amazing that medical staff can pinpoint what causes breaks/fractures nowadays.
In football they have a computerised system to draw an offside line I believe rugby should adopt the same to test backs offside line as the linesman or assistant refs seem to be unablle to see it.On Saturday I watched the 3 international game and defences comming up offside prevented decent bacline attacks…New Zealand the worst one or two penalties given yet defences were regularly offside
Classy picture.
Did you pick it Jan?
Because these injuries are all for a laugh right?
How is it OK for a player to cross offside line at the side of a ruck,then return when looking to charge down a kick,yet an outside back goes a yard forward in defence then returns but it is a penalty on most occasions