Sydney – Springbok loose forward Schalk Burger believes he might have cracked a rib in South Africa’s 32-29 Tri-Nations victory against the All Blacks in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Saturday.
Juan Smith, who is suffering from a lower back injury, failed a fitness test on the morning of the Test and Burger was drafted into the starting line-up as late replacement.
The loose trio of Pierre Spies, Heinrich Brüssow and Burger however combined well. Burger had just started to regain his form of old when he had to leave the field in the 68th minute with a suspected broken rib and was replaced by Ryan Kankowski on the side of the scrum.
“I think one of my ribs is broken. You can feel the bone sticking out here,” he said at Auckland airport before the team’s departure via Sydney for South Africa on Monday.
“At this stage I don’t know how serious it is. I will go to the Western Province High Performance centre in Bellville to ask the doctor to assess the extent of the injury.”
Burger has not played much rugby recently. He was suspended for eight weeks after he was found guilty of making reckless contact in the eye area Irish centre Luke Fitzgerald during the British and Irish Lions series.
Free Stater Heinrich Brüssow stepped into the team in Burger’s absence and grabbed his opportunity with both hands. As a result the fiery WP loose forward has struggled to regain his place in the Bok starting line-up.
“I would really have loved to be able to play in the Currie Cup for WP again, but now it seems that is not going to happen. I will have to wait to hear what the doctors have to say. I have already experienced a broken rib in the past and this injury feels the same to me,” said a disappointed Burger.
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Die lewe is ‘n Lied…. maar ek is nou moeg…. moeg tille geslaan, moeg getik aan fokken Invoices… siek en sat !
Kom ons gesels vinnig en aanhoudend kak !!
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@Puma – The biggest in sa mate.it will be tough but the thing is the boks are dead tired atm so i think they will only be a factor in 2 weeks guys like bis and beast and js realy deserve a few days off
@grootblousmile – Wat is die onderwerp
@smallies72 – ek weet die tjarks en die pak wat hulle sat gaan kry.cheetah style
i think the sharks will use a lot of the boks this week , and rest them for the leopards game next week
we must remember the sharks are also carrying a lot of injuries
herbst a th injured, carstens and cilliers both been injured a while now and have been nursed just to play , in doing this that have not trained much in the week
then they of course been without the other front row players in beast smitty jannie and bismark
35@smallies72 – Nee, sommer oor enigiets… netnie oor werk nie..
Ek is nou soooooooo lus vir ‘n vakansie….
Tyd dat ek weer wegloop en net gholf gaan speel vir ‘n paar dae….
@sharky_forever – no prob to take jannie bissie and ruan out we just tell then their perants says hi.they then get home sick and forget about the game
@grootblousmile – Daai gholf eenis nie vir my nie.ek gaan kruip eerder op j-baai weg en vaar die lang kloof in
No matter who plays who…. the front-line Bokke… all 15 of them, should get a week off..
Players who have played very little like Chilli, Rossouw, Kanko, Olivier, Gutro, Nokwe, Adi… they should immediately play… no excuses.
39@smallies72 – Miskien moet ek muurbal gaan speel…. teen die muur gaan sit en met my bal speel…. hehehehe
@grootblousmile – @grootblousmile – @grootblousmile – Meer na twee weke verpligte verlof hulle verdien dit
42@smallies72 – Paar Bokke het maar lekker lyfseer gelyk…. Habana, Fourie du Preez, Bakkies, John Smit, Beast, Bissie & Spies…
@grootblousmile – Ek wonder hoekom het Spies seer? 😆
Hello GBS my groot maat.
@grootblousmile – hel ek sou ok seer wees.kyk daai ouens vat mekaar met oorgawe hart siel en pi?l
44@Ed_the_Lion – Hello Ed, Edd & Eddie…
Hoe gaan dit in Bostoon ??
@grootblousmile – Bostoon is ok. Winter staan naby. Werk hoop op. Girls begin meer klere dra, so all in all net ok.
@grootblousmile – @grootblousmile – @grootblousmile – Ja daai sal werk ek sal net lat ma die speelwerk doen
47@Ed_the_Lion – Ek het self ‘n kakhuis vol werk…. eishhhhhhhhh
@grootblousmile – Hello boet, Ja, agree with you. All the squad of 22 should actually have a weeks rest and only be allowed back after this Sat.
Kanko, Ruan, Odwa, Muller and Adi can all play this week. The other Sharks players should have a rest. Bulls FdP,Victor,Bakkies,Morne and Spies should all be rested. The ones that were on travel with the Boks that never played should be slotted right back into the Bulls team.
@Ed_the_Lion – 47
Hello Ed, How is the weather in Boston? Getting cold yet?
@Ed_the_Lion – hi bly u in die us of a
@grootblousmile – Selfde hier my maat. Werk my gat af.
47@Ed_the_Lion – Hier word die rokke weer mooi korter, en die cleavages duideliker…. hehehe
Somer is darem soooooooo mooi !
@Puma – Still ok, but leaves are changing colour which means another 2 or 3 weeks and it will be cold again.
@smallies72 – Ek doen. Ek is ‘n Bostonian.
@grootblousmile – Klink sommer mooi. Ai, ek hou van cleavage.
@Ed_the_Lion – ek wil nog da gaan draai en kyk of die yanks regtig so oppervlakkig is
Hi Boys, how are you doing this Monday evening??
Ed, whats this about ‘cleavage’? 😐
57@Ed_the_Lion – Ek het goeie nuus…. lyk of “Stoepkakkertjie” weggehardloop het, strate in… toe Handbriekie netnou by die huis aangekom het…
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