Trevor Nyakane returns to SA but should face All Blacks in Japan
Springbok management confident prop will recover in time for opening match
08 September 2019 - 17:55
After hobbling off the field during the Test against Japan on Friday‚ Springbok tighthead prop Trevor Nyakane returned to SA on Saturday‚ but his World Cup participation is still very much on track.
Nyakane flew home to be with his wife for the birth of their first child and will return to Japan to link up with the team next Friday. But flying such a long way with a “sprained knee” as described in a statement by the team in Kagoshima‚ is hardly ideal for the injury...
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