Springbok left wing Bryan Habana has sustained a hamstring injury and the conservative medical opinion is that he will be out of action for ten days, ruling himself out for the Vodacom Tri-Nations encounter against the Wallabies in Durban this coming Saturday.

Meanwhile, Vodacom Free State winger Jongi Nokwe will remain in training with the Springboks and management have also decided to add Ruan Pienaar to the squad again.

“The Sharks have a bye in the Absa Currie Cup this coming weekend and seeing that Ruan have been part of the squad for the greater part of this season, we thought it would make sense for us to involve him again,” explained Andy Marinos, the Manager of National Teams.

Flanker Juan Smith, who returned home immediately after the match against the All Blacks on Saturday evening to visit his wife and newborn baby girl, rejoined the squad late Monday evening.

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