Rassie Erasmus explains Salmaan Moerat’s late withdrawal and issues Springboks injury update: ‘Hopefully it’s not too serious’

Rassie Erasmus has provided an injury update following the Springboks’ 66-7 victory over Italy in the Nations Championship clash in Turin.

The head coach was forced to make a late change before the match, with lock Salmaan Moerat withdrawing from the matchday 23 and was subsequently replaced by Lood de Jager with Franco Mostert added to the bench.

Springboks injury update

During the match, Thomas du Toit and Morne van den Berg were temporarily replaced to tend to gashes on their faces while flanker Paul de Villiers and fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu left the pitch to undertake head injury assessments.

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