Mostert joins Boks as injury strikes again
Uncapped former Sharks lock Gerhard Mostert will join the Springbok squad in Sydney on Sunday to cover for a succession of injuries to lock forwards.
Mostert, 26, who was called into the team’s pre-tour camp as a precaution before being released to his European club, will re-join the squad as a replacement for Johann Muller, who has failed to recover from a hamstring strain, and will return to South Africa on Sunday.
Mostert joins the squad from Paris having signed for Stade Francais after a successful season with The Sharks in Vodacom Super Rugby. He fills the gap left by injuries to locks Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha and Andries Bekker – the latter of whom will undergo surgery on Tuesday for a ruptured ankle tendon which means he will miss the Rugby World Cup.
In addition, lock Flip van der Merwe suffered a rib cartilage injury in the 39-20 defeat by Australia in the Castle Tri-Nations Series match in Sydney on Saturday.
Van der Merwe suffered the injury in the opening minute of the match and had to withdraw after 34 minutes.
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