Springboks: Erasmus watches the injury list grow before naming his squad for November's Nations Championship Tests
Rassie Erasmus is expected to name his squad in the coming days for Tests against Italy in Turin on 7 November, France in Paris and Ireland in Dublin on 21 November. André Esterhuizen limped off with an ankle injury for the Sharks in Cardiff, Deon Fourie and Handré Pollard have hamstring injuries, and Cheslin Kolbe (broken jaw) will not tour; Kwagga Smith and RG Snyman remain sidelined. Sport item: covered by South African outlets (IOL, The South African, SABC Sport) in our sample; none are needed for the split. Sources: IOL, The South African, SABC Sport. More coverage
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