WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM:
SPRINGBOK fullback Andre Joubert will miss the tri-nation rugby matches against New Zealand and Australia which start on July 19 because of injury. Joubert will join injured centre Japie Mulder on the sidelines.
Mulder is suffering from a serious shoulder injury while Joubert broke down in training on Monday. Joubert initially suffered an injury last year and was forced to rest for three months this season before coming back in the one-off Test against Tonga on June 10. Now he could be out of action for several weeks.
Border fullback Russell Bennett, who has been Joubert’s understudy, will be called into the team. Bennett was called in late last Thursday night for the last Test match against the British Lions at Ellis Park.
Meanwhile, winger James Small has recovered from a hamstring injury and has been named in the Western Province team to face Northern Free State on Saturday.
SPORT BRIEFS
TLEMO IN GREECE JOMO COSMOS captain Collen Tlemo left on Tuesday night for Greece for a two-day trial with Poak. Tlemo’s former teammate at Cosmos, Andrew Rabutla, was signed by Poak last week.
KRUGER, OTTO FOR BULLS SPRINGBOK flanker Reuben Kruger will test his fitness by playing in the Currie Cup match between Northern Transvaal and Gauteng Falcons on Saturday in Brakpan. Krynauw Otto has also been included in the Northern Transvaal side.
VISSER IS BACK LOUISE VISSER, South African netball defender, is back in the team for the Test match against England on July 16 in Bloemfontein. Visser has been out of the team after tearing a knee ligament.
VAN ROOYEN FIGHTS ON DESPITE facing charges of bringing the SA Rugby Football Union into disrepute, rugby rebel and former Sarfu deputy president Brian van Rooyen is continuing his campaign against SA’s rugby leadership. He addresses rugby supporters in New Brighton near Port Elizabeth on Wednesday night. The meeting is organised by former South African Rugby Union members Desmond Booysen, Mike Stellenburg Malcolm, Andre Klassen and Pieter Swartz. This comes after a visit to Johannesburg by a group of Eastern Cape rugby administrators to pledge solidarity with Van Rooyen. He will address similar meetings in Mdantsane, Worcester and Cape Town in the next few weeks.