
INTERVIEW: South Africa has an alarming injury list just weeks out from the start of the World Champions’ international season.
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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus, in a virtual media briefing, read off a list of injured players that will be cause for concern – including some new afflictions.
Headlining the sickbay catalogue is ‘new’ call-up Juarno Marc-quin Augustus.
Erasmus revealed that the Ulster-bound Augustus, affectionately known as ‘Trokkie’, has not passed his “exit medical” at English Premiership club Northampton Saints.
The uncapped Augustus, 27, will join Ulster on a three-year contract for the 2025/26 season.
He injured his back in a Saints training session and missed…
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