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Springboks wait on injury update over Siya Kolisi

The Springboks will find out today or tomorrow if skipper Siya Kolisi will be able to lead the team in Saturday’s Test against the All Blacks at Cape Town.

Kolisi sustained a face injury during his team’s 31-27 victory against the New Zealanders at Ellis Park on Saturday and is a major doubt for their next match against the All Blacks at Cape Town Stadium.

Springboks wait on Siya Kolisi update

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus suggested Kolisi had possibly suffered a cheekbone fracture.

“The doc will definitely have to look at him, he doesn’t normally look like this,” said Erasmus. “He looks a bit better.”

Kolisi was proud of the way the team came back from ten points adrift to win the Rugby Championship contest.

He gave credit to the team’s leaders for taking charge of the situation.

“Whenever we are behind, we never panic,” said Kolisi.

“Whenever we are behind, we never panic,” said Kolisi, who left the field for a head injury assessment and with a suspected fractured cheekbone.

“We have been in far worse positions before and have come back. When they scored first in the second half (to put New Zealand 19-11 ahead) we came together and we said ‘cool, amazing, they’ve scored an intercept try, let’s go to the next set.’ Nobody panicked.

“We have so many cool heads and leaders; if I’m not talking, Eben’s talking or if it’s not him it’s Pieter-Steph or even the young guys with just a couple of caps.

“They’re given the license by the coach to speak because rugby knowledge isn’t measured by the number of caps you have – if you see something, say it. And that’s the great thing about this team today: we never panicked.”

South African grit

Erasmus was relieved to come away with a victory and lauded the grit shown.

“I think the guys did really well to pull off a victory against a New Zealand team that played really well and dominated the whole game,” said Erasmus.

“Our boys had a few opportunities but for long spells we were out of the game. They dominated for long periods, but the guys stayed focused and came through.

“At one point they were three tries up and looking like getting five points and our focus was on stopping them getting the bonus point. New Zealand would have been deserving if they had won.”

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