Francois Louw on standby for Springboks

Following injuries to Coenie Oosthuizen and Jaco Kriel, veteran flank Francois Louw could be called into the Springbok squad ahead of their two home Rugby Championship Tests against Australia and New Zealand.

"The fetching role is quite crucial, we will be looking at what we have back home and if we don’t have, certainly we will be looking at players who have been part of this squad last year and who were part of the team at the beginning of the year, for example Francois Louw and so on. Yes we will have a look at those type of players,” commented Springbok coach Allister Coetzee in an effort to bolster the squad after the 57-0 defeat at the hands of the All Blacks in Albany this past weekend

The Bath captain Francois Louw underwent shoulder surgery in May and was thus unavailable for the Tests against France in June.

'I am on standby,' the 52-cap flanker said. 'Whether or not they decide to use me is another story. Obviously there have been a couple of injuries, but I think they've got enough good men there to do a good job.'