{"id":849064,"date":"2026-08-09T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/849064\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:40:08","slug":"siya-kolisi-injury-update-as-springboks-face-nervous-wait-ahead-of-rugbys-greatest-rivalry-series-with-all-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/849064\/","title":{"rendered":"Siya Kolisi injury update as Springboks face nervous wait ahead of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series with All Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Springboks<\/a> captain Siya Kolisi has opened up on the injury he suffered during the international clash with Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The flanker left the field after 24 minutes due to a hamstring problem and had to watch the remainder of the Test from the sideline, a match South Africa edged 17-10.<\/p>\n

Tries from Edwill van der Merwe and Cameron Hanekom were added to by points from Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Handre Pollard in a close-fought encounter.<\/p>\n

Kolisi injury<\/p>\n

But there is concern for the Springboks<\/a>, especially with the Greatest Rivalry<\/a> Tests against the All Blacks<\/a> on the horizon, as flanker Kolisi<\/a> was a casualty in the triumph.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the away success, Kolisi was philosophical about the injury and revealed that his first port of call would be a scan to ascertain the severity of the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hurt my hamstring again, unfortunately. So, I\u2019ll go for a scan and see how far it is,\u201d he told ESPN Scrum at full-time on the sideline of the Estadio Jos\u00e9 Amalfitani.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is really tough, but I can\u2019t be sad about it,\u201d the skipper added. \u201cThere is nothing I can do now, other than to go and have a scan and then see how long I\u2019m out for.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There was a more positive outlook on the injury from Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus however, whose response to the injury should calm any concerned fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe injured his hamstring, the other hamstring, but it doesn\u2019t look too bad,\u201d he said before lauding the Bok veteran\u2019s on-field impact during those opening 24 minutes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought Siya was really dynamic with his carries and his clean-outs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scoreline reflects just how tough an assignment this was for the Springboks and there was no doubt they were given an full-blooded test ahead of the All Blacks series.<\/p>\n

Speaking in the aftermath of the result, Kolisi found time to praise the force Los Pumas have become, and he was equally delighted with how his side rose to the challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, going back to last week, everyone said Argentina<\/a>\u2018s earlier result (v England) didn\u2019t count for much, but even a draw would\u2019ve earned them a good return,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Huge respect<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a huge amount of respect for them, and we could easily have lost this game. Home or away, they\u2019re one of the toughest teams we play all year. I thought it was going to be a real battle, and we were fortunate to come through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The focus of course now turns to the Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry series against New Zealand and South Africa will fly home in two groups, one on Sunday and one on Monday.<\/p>\n

There they will join up with the rest of their teammates in Johannesburg who have already turned their focus to those three Tests on home soil before one in Baltimore, USA.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Argentina v Springboks: Winners and losers as it almost goes \u2018horribly wrong\u2019 for Rassie Erasmus but Handre Pollard \u2018steadies ship\u2019 after Sacha\u2019s errors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Springboks captain Siya Kolisi has opened up on the injury he suffered during the international clash with Argentina…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[12910,64,63,818,1182,44,760,85],"class_list":["post-849064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-argentina","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-news","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}