Stormers coach Robbie Fleck named nine injured players in an expanded 47-man squad for the 2018 Super Rugby campaign‚ underlining how much the squad has been affected by knocks in the off-season. But there was good news on Bok tighthead Wilco Louw‚ who is not as seriously injured as initially feared and will be available for the Stormers’ season opener against the Jaguares at Newlands next week. There were fears when Louw hobbled off against the Bulls in a warm-up gamelast weekend that he had suffered major hip flexor damage. But scans revealed an abductor strain and Fleck confirmed that he would be back in full training on Monday. Bok captain Eben Etzebeth is among the nine wounded after sustaining a shoulder injury last November. The other injured players named in the squad are SP Marais (toe)‚ Scarra Ntubeni (hamstring)‚ Ali Vermaak (hamstring)‚ Jano Vermaak (knee)‚ Jean-Luc du Plessis (groin)‚ Dan du Plessis (shoulder)‚ Frans Malherbe (neck) and Juarno Augustus (back). "It’s not...
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