Salman Moerat. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)
The Stormers have lost one of their leading and supporting forwards, Salmaan Moerat, to a knee injury ahead of their United Rugby Championship (URC) return against the Bulls in Cape Town on Friday (19:15).
Moerat has to be stretchered out of the park after landing awkwardly in a lineout during his team’s 34-14 win over London Irish at Cape Town Stadium last Saturday.
The extent of the injury is still unknown, but Stormers forwards coach Rito Hlungwani confirmed that the Springbok lockout would likely miss the grudge game against the other URC finalists, the Bulls.
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“Salmaan suffered a knee injury and obviously didn’t train,” Hlungwani said.
“The doctors will still give us the final diagnosis, but we don’t look too good there.”
The Stormers are also sweating the backs of Leolin Zas and Ruhan Nel, but Hlungwani was optimistic about their participation.
“Leolin and Ruhan were running in training. We still have to see if they’ll be fully fit, but I don’t think it’s injuries that will cause them to miss a game or anything like that,” Hlungwani added.
“But Salmaan probably won’t arrive this weekend.”
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