Flanker Juan Smith is the only injury concern in the Springbok camp following the weekend’s 22-29 loss to the All Blacks at the FNB Stadium.
Team doctor Craig Roberts reported at a press conference at Loftus Versfeld today that Smith has an abdominal muscle strain sustained in the first half of the Tri-Nations match.
Smith did not take part in the training session on Monday morning and is receiving treatment for the injury.
Roberts added that he was confident that Smith would recover in time to be considered for selection for this weekend’s clash with the Wallabies. The team will be announced tomorrow.
“There are a few guys with a bumps and bruises but that was expected after such a physical Test. We are fortunate that we have only one injury concern,” Roberts said on the South African Rugby site.
“There were reports that JP Pietersen had an injury but these are completely incorrect and he took part in the full session this morning,” he added.
Sharks loose forward Ryan Kankowski joined the squad as a precaution.
Kankowski was released to his province after the training camp two weeks ago and put in a solid performance at the weekend as the Sharks downed Western Province in the Currie Cup.
Kankowski? is hy eerlik waar ons beste opsie? …niks teen die vent nie, maar daar moet beter spelers wees as hy. Nog nooit rerig gevoel die ou maak enige impak nie
ek voel eerlik dis hoog tyd die keurders bietjie n calculated kaans vat met sommige van die belowende CC spelers. Ons is besig om te voorspelbaar te word.
Waarom wil almal nou aan DIE span verander. Ons het 78 minute lank die ABs gehad waar ons wou. Toe moet die noodlot(lees Ref) toeslaan en ons weer bedonner.
Mense hierdie was ons toets, die wedstryd sou gewen word as ons nie daai drie van McCaw teen ons gehad het nie. Daar was net 2 minute oor n lynstaan met ons wat ingooi en die game was oor.
Shaun Veldsman het boonop n 50/50 besluit teen ons gegee. Waarom? Fark ons eie mense.
Kankowski? Another show pony.
De Villiers added he was not concerned over the fitness of his players. “It is true that our guys were tired towards the end of the All Black game,” he said. “But that was from them having to make a lot more tackles in a very high intensity game. Stats that we have from our GPS system show that this was our highest intensity game to date. The pace was the fastest we’ve had and the intensity of the collisions was the highest too,” he said.
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