Cardiff — Hooker Malcolm Marx has been restored to fitness and is likely to play a leading role in the Springboks achieving their ambition to finish the year on a high against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. Marx‚ who missed last weekend’s clash against Italy due to the shoulder injury he suffered against France‚ is raring to go, according to the team’s doctor, Konrad von Hagen. Although Bongi Mbonambi deputised with some distinction in his absence against Italy in Padua‚ coach Allister Coetzee stressed that he would assemble his best available troops for the occasion on Saturday. Although the match is outside the official Test window‚ which means neither side are able to realistically push their best troops into battle‚ Coetzee is taking this seriously. With that in mind, he will hope that Tendai Mtawarira recovers from the injury he sustained against Italy. But they have to play a waiting game‚ even with Thomas du Toit being called up as cover. "Mtawarira has a groin strain and we w...
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