Fear over South Africa.
Siya Kolisi, captain and third line of South Africa, injured his knee on Saturday and his participation in the World Cup in France in September is now in question, according to a source at the South African Federation (SARU ).
During the meeting of the United Rugby Championship (championship mixing Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Italian and South African teams) between his Sharks team and Munster, in Durban, the 31-year-old world champion came out in the first period, victim according to the South African press of a partial rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.
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It was Kolisi's last game at home with the Sharks, before his scheduled transfer to Racing 92 in the Top 14 after the World Cup.
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If he is recommended for surgery, and he accepts, he probably won't play again this year
," a source at SARU told AFP.
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The other option is to let the injury heal but that could take around four months, which means he wouldn't be playing again until September
."
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In this second scenario, the Boks captain would likely miss all World Cup warm-up matches.
South Africa begin their world title defense against Scotland in Marseille on September 10, and then meet Ireland, Romania and Tonga in Group B.