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Springboks on high alert over players returning from injury
['Craig Lewis']
The South African
In one fell swoop, Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Morne van den Berg will all make long-awaited injury comebacks against Argentina this Saturday.
Andre Esterhuizen and Ethan Hooker, who have also endured some injury battles recently, will start in a quality match-23 as well.
However, it will require a careful balancing act to ensure the game-time of the returning players is well managed, and that it avoids any risk of aggravating previous injuries.
ADVERTISEMENT“The one guy that we don’t have to worry about coming back from injury (is Siya Kolisi),” Rassie Erasmus stated this week.
“Prior to the 2023 World Cup, Siya had a long-term knee injury and it was always a race against time to see if he would be ready.