Bulls lose scrumhalf Paige
Vodacom Bulls halfbacks Rudy Paige and Jacques-Louis Potgieter will not be considered for Saturday’s Vodacom SupeRugby match against the DHL Stormers in Cape Town due to injury.
Paige has a grade one medial ligament tear and will be out of action for at least two weeks, while Potgieter has a grade one hamstring tear and will return to action on 4 May, team doctor Org Strauss confirmed yesterday.
Burger Odendaal (hamstring), Bjorn Basson (knee), Flip van der Merwe (knee) and Arno van Wyk (bronchitis) will sit out training today, with Odendaal only returning Thursday.
Basil Short (calf) will sit out training this week.
Victor Matfield (knee, 4 May), Pierre Schoeman (knee, 15 July), Bandise Maku (pectoral, 31 July), Carlo Engelbrecht (ankle, 31 May), Werner Kruger (ankle, 11 May), Duncan Matthews (knee, 31 Aug), Ruan Steenkamp (knee, 31 July), Ryan Nell (knee, 31 Aug) remain on the long term injury list.
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