Springbok NEEDS operation, season over

Springbok and Stormers ace Evan Roos has been dealt a massive blow following medical advice that would see him sidelined until at least 2025.

Roos starred for the Stormers in throughout the 2023-2024 United Rugby Championship campaign and it was that consistency in performance that earned him a call up to the Springbok squad for the mid-year Tests against Wales, Ireland and Portugal.

But the 24-year-old delivered underwhelming performances in the green and gold and was subsequently omitted from the Springbok squad for the Rugby Championship.

This meant he enjoy an extensive run for Western Province in the Currie Cup, but those plans are now out the window too as injury curtailed his season.

SPRINGBOK ACE OUT FOR SIX MONTHS

According to a report on Rugby365, Roos revealed his need for to undergo urgent surgery on the latest episode of the Boks Office podcast hosted by Springboks Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger and Hanyani Shimange.

Roos also revealed that Western Province and Stormers boss John Dobson is not happy with his decision to have the operation which will rule him out of action for six months.

“I have to sort it out,” the Springbok said. “I don’t know what I am going to do with myself for six months.”

“I then gave him [John Dobson] all the facts,” he explained.

“The doctor said if I continue playing, it will create much bigger problems in the long run. It doesn’t help that I play with an injury and I am not playing to what I feel I can bring to the table,” the Springbok concluded.

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Springboks — 15Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Subs: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Ben-Jason Dixon, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Handré Pollard.