Captain and third line of South Africa, reigning world champion Siya Kolisi injured his knee on Saturday and his participation in the World Cup in France in September is now in question, according to a source at the Federation South African (SARU).
During the meeting of the United Rugby Championship (championship mixing Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Italian and South African teams) between his Sharks team and Munster, in Durban, the 31-year-old world champion came out in the first period, victim according to the South African press of a partial rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.
It was Kolisi’s last game at home with the Sharks, before his scheduled transfer to Racing 92 in the Top 14 after the World Cup.
“If he is recommended an operation, and he accepts, he will probably not play again this year,” a source at SARU told AFP. The other option is to let the injury heal, but that could take around four months, which means he wouldn’t play again until September. In this second scenario, the captain of the Boks would probably miss all the preparation matches for the World Cup.
South Africa will begin their world title defense against Scotland in Marseille on September 10, and then meet Ireland, Romania and Tonga in Group B.
