SPRINGBOK coach Allister Coetzee has called up scrumhalf Piet van Zyl to replace his injured Blue Bulls teammate Rudy Paige for the final Rugby Championship Test against the All Blacks on Saturday,Paige suffered concussion against the Wallabies in Pretoria last weekend and could not get over the injury-induced headaches, which effectively ruled him out of action possibly until the end-of-year tour squad convenes.With Francois Hougaard and Faf de Klerk already in the squad, Coetzee hinted that he would stick with the former at left wing, with De Klerk possibly coming back into the starting lineup.Van Zyl jumping straight into the starting lineup is also not improbable, as he and flyhalf Morné Steyn trained together under Heyneke Meyer in 2013 and were in the same match-day squads against Scotland and Samoa.Coetzee also said he had not considered a wing replacement because there was enough cover for the position in the squad."We’ll look at our plan and see who fits the plan the best,"...
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