Pollard was a shock omission from the Springboks’ squad for France as he is not fully fit after injury.
SOUTH AFRICA COACH Jacques Nienaber has slammed suggestions that one of the 33 players chosen for the Rugby World Cup would fake an injury in order to include ace fly-half Handre Pollard as a late replacement.
All three are scheduled to leave Johannesburg with the World Cup squad on Saturday as the Springboks continue preparations for their title defence. “But if you have a heart, how do you pick a guy and then tell him to fake an injury and get the other guy in? We would never do that.”“We have not given our squad to World Rugby yet — that only has to be in on August 21 — but I’m not sure other teams have either.“But if there are no more injuries, then the 33-man squad that we have named will be going to the World Cup.“Handre is over his injury, but has only had two training sessions and is still on his way back after not playing for 16 weeks.
“The stand-ins have not done too badly,” said Nienaber, referring to the recent Rugby Championship, where South Africa finished second behind New Zealand.
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