Marcel van der Merwe
Vodacom Bulls prop Marcel van der Merwe will miss the opening week of the Vodacom Super Rugby season due to a medial knee ligament injury, it was confirmed on Monday.
The injury occurred on Saturday in London, when the Blue Bulls played against English club side Saracens in a warm-up friendly.
Van der Merwe injured his knee and pulled his hamstring in the second half and will be out for 3 to 4 weeks, team doctor Org Strauss confirmed on Monday.
The Springbok prop was the only casualty in the match and Vodacom Bulls coach Frans Ludeke should have a fairly fit squad to pick from for their first match, against the DHL Stormers at Loftus Versfeld on 14 February.
The long term injury list remains the same:
- Bandise Maku (pectoral, July)
- Flip van der Merwe (pectoral, mid-April)
- Hencus van Wyk (lisfranc fracture dislocation, end of February)
- Pierre Schoeman (ACL rupture knee, 15 July)
- Adriaan Strauss (calf, 9 Feb)
- Jason Jenkins (quad, 2 Feb)
Luckily not too serious for Marcel… but he’ll probably still miss the 1st 2 Rounds.
Glad Jan Serfontein was not mentioned as one of the injured okes!
He’s the Goosen of props
Plays one game and out for five
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