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PRETORIA : Prop Steven Kitshoff has been brought into the starting line-up for South Africa in their Rugby Championship opener against Australia in Pretoria after Ox Nche picked up a pectoral muscle injury, officials said on Wednesday.
The Springboks have made a late change to their team for Saturday's opening Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Pretoria with prop Steven Kitshoff replacing Ox Nche, who suffered an injury to his pectoral muscle on Tuesday.
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SA Rugby director of rugby Rassie Erasmus admitted that feisty loosehead prop Retshegofaditswe "Ox" Nche is an injury concern, despite being named in the match-day 23 for Saturday's Test against Australia at Loftus Versfeld.
CAPE TOWN : South Africa have included former Ireland lock Jean Kleyn in a 41-man training squad ahead of the Rugby Championship, subject to an application to World Rugby that would allow him to switch allegiance, officials confirmed on Saturday.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber on Saturday named a 40-man training squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship.
The Parisian derby on Sunday could be decisive as Stade Francais and Racing 92 battle to reach the French Top 14 playoffs but it will be personally significant for two Rugby World Cup winning Springboks.
South Africa prop Vincent Koch said on Wednesday his Test team-mate Eben Etzebeth helped convince him to return home and join the Durban-based Sharks.