South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard says his return to international rugby at the World Cup will be “a big jump” that will not be “perfect”.
Pollard, 29, who was a late injury replacement to the squad, will start his first game since May against Tonga.
The fly-half has only played 30 minutes for Leicester Tigers on 15 September since sustaining a calf injury.
“My expectations for myself are just going to be to express myself and enjoy it,” Pollard said.
“It was a calf injury that should have only been about four weeks [on the sidelines], but ended up being almost three months.
“It was a very frustrating time but that’s the body, that’s how it works. We tried our best to be fit as soon as possible but it didn’t work out.”
Pollard, who kicked 22 points in the final against England to help the Springboks win the 2019 World Cup, replaced injured hooker Malcolm Marx in South Africa’s squad having been left out of the original 33-man party.
bbc
Good start to the week! 🙂
Did you enjoy that Bully?
Blue Bird wrote:
Sorry didn’t see your post between watching the game and posting. Multi tasking not for me 😀
Blue Bird wrote:
Yes thanks Blue Bird game was better in 2nd half. Tonga gave the Boks a good work out. Glad you got to watch a bit?
Nice to see Tonga and Boks together in a big circle after the game
Cheers till next round of games
Exchanging shorts!!
Is this really a “thing” 😉
@ Bullscot:
See you and thanks for the thread! 😀
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