'It certainly looked bad' - Rassie Erasmus on Duane Vermeulen's injury
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Rassie Erasmus says they are concerned about the severity of the ankle injury Duane Vermeulen suffered on Friday night.
Vermuelen was forced off the pitch in the first half of the Bulls' comeback victory over the Stormers and Erasmus and his coaching staff now face a nervy wait to see if their star no.8 will be fit for the Lions Series.
Erasmus confirmed that Vermeulen is off to Cape Town, where he will undergo scans, with the results expected on Monday.
Speaking after Saturday’s 46-man Springbok squad was announced, Erasmus addressed Vermeulen’s injury.
'We will have to wait and see, but it certainly looked bad, and he wouldn’t have limped off if it wasn’t serious, so we are unfortunately fearing for the worst.
‘We always expected that with the Rainbow Cup being strength vs strength we could have some injury setbacks. Up to now, we have been quite fortunate with injuries, touch wood, but we did expect some big losses and I expect Duane might be one of them.’
The #Springboks coaches are fearing the worst with Duane Vermuelen's injury 🤕 pic.twitter.com/cZGtqWjb9q
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