FILE - The Springboks’ Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu kicks a ball during the recent Rugby Championship. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is likely to miss the Springboks’ November Tour after suffering a knee injury. FILE - The Springboks’ Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu kicks a ball during the recent Rugby Championship. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is likely to miss the Springboks’ November Tour after suffering a knee injury. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/ Independent Newspapers
Springboks’ starlet Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has started the long road to recovery following knee surgery after an injury sustained during the Rugby Championship.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu suffered the knee injury in the Test against the All Blacks at Ellis Park. He then played in the next Test in Cape Town, after which coach Rassie Erasmus revealed that the flyhalf tried to keep the injury from the coaching and medical teams ahead of the match.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu played really well in the Ellis Park cauldron where he started at flyhalf, and then had a top cameo coming off the bench in Cape Town, as the Springboks won back-to-back matches against the All Blacks.
However, he is now likely to miss the Springboks’ November Tour, which include matches against England, Wales and Scotland. It was initially believed that Feinberg-Mngomezulu would be out for five weeks, but that time frame has since more than doubled.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu posted a video on Instagram this week of him getting back on the horse following the injury. His knee was strapped and he wore a brace while doing some strengthening exercises at the Stormers headquarters.
"Sacha underwent knee surgery and the original estimate was that he would be out of action for about five weeks," a rugby official, who wanted to remain anonymous, told AFP.
"Now we are hearing from his club [the Stormers] that he may be sidelined for up to 12 weeks, which would sideline him for the rest of this year.
"A major concern is that he has injured the same knee twice within a year and, if rushed back, could develop arthritis. The Stormers are wisely adopting a conservative approach."
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