Springboks
Sharks flyhalf Jordan Hendrikse will replace Frans Malherbe in the Springbok squad for the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour after the experienced prop picked up an ankle injury.
Malherbe suffered the injury in the DHL Stormers’ Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against the Glasgow Warriors in Stellenbosch last Saturday.
Hendrikse will join the squad in Jersey in the Channel Islands on Thursday.
Head coach, Rassie Erasmus, said he decided to replace Malherbe with a backline player because there is enough depth among the props at this stage following the call-up of Wilco Louw, who has joined fellow front-rankers Thomas du Toit, Vincent Koch, Ox Nche and Gerhard Steenekamp in the squad.
Earlier, Johan Grobbelaar, and Cameron Hanekom, were also called up after Jan-Hendrik Wessels and Damian Willemse were ruled out with injuries.
“Jordan has been playing very well for the Hollywoodbets Sharks in the Vodacom URC and he’s a capped Springbok, so he is familiar with our structures,” said Erasmus.
“This will also serve as a great opportunity for him to get further exposure at international level and in the Springbok set-up itself.
“We also have good depth among the forwards, so we opted to call up Jordan to add further depth among the backs,” he explained.
The Boks will face Scotland in Edinburgh (Sunday 10 November), England in London (Saturday 16 November) and Wales in Cardiff (Saturday 23 November) on their traditional end-of-year tour.
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