Rassie provides update on Ox after England clash

SPOTLIGHT: Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus delivered some news on prop Ox Nche, who left the field in the first half of Saturday’s clash against England at Twickenham Stadium

South Africa won the match 29-20 to make it back-to-back wins on their November tour after they beat Scotland 32-15 in Edinburgh a week earlier.

The Springboks were forced into an early substitution in the 32nd minute when Gerhard Steenekamp came on for Nche, who was in some discomfort leaving the field.

“It’s a cut above the knee, so it’s not the knee itself which is positive,” Erasmus told @rugby365com after the game.

“I am not a medical doctor and all it depends on the stitches.”

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Erasmus added: “The knee is not injured and hopefully we can pick him again.

“However, we won’t risk him if it is going to go open again.

“So, it’s not a knee it’s a cut.”

The Springboks will end their November series with a match against Wales in Cardiff next weekend.

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