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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 23: Boan Venter of the Springboks during the Castle Lager Rugby Championship match between South Africa and Australia at DHL Stadium on August 23, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman\/Gallo Images\/Getty Images) https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/edinburgh-hope-to-benefit-from-boan-venters-chance-opportunity\/ <\/p>\n
Edinburgh<\/a> could restore Rugby Championship-winning prop Boan Venter<\/a> straight back into their match-day squad for Friday\u2019s URC fixture against Munster<\/a> in Cork.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old missed the start of the season while on international duty but returned to training on Monday fresh from the Springboks\u2019 celebrations after they clinched a second straight TRC title with a 29-27 victory over Argentina<\/a> at Twickenham on Saturday.<\/p>\n Venter had previously declared his interest in qualifying for Scotland<\/a> on residency grounds in February 2026, after arriving at Edinburgh from the Cheetahs<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n But after answering a call from Rassie Erasmus<\/a> back in July when South Africa<\/a> were without several other loosehead props, Venter made a debut for his native country against Georgia<\/a> and went on to feature four times during the Rugby Championship, including a start in their 67-30 demolition of Argentina in Durban.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s really excited where he is, because earlier in the year he would never have thought that this opportunity would have arrived,\u201d said Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s surreal the way he went in and ended up winning the Rugby Championship. South Africa under Rassie has only won it three times, so it\u2019s not often that you get that opportunity.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great for him and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll come back a better player. He can pass on the knowledge he\u2019s gained to the rest of the squad, and particularly the youngsters around him. We\u2019ll see how he gets through training today, but he will be up for selection if he comes through the week.\u201d<\/p>\n After Friday, Edinburgh only have two more URC matches before Venter may be summoned for more Springboks duty, with the world champions playing five Tests \u2013 against Japan, France, Italy, Ireland<\/a> and Wales \u2013 on five successive Saturdays across November, although the first and last of those are outside the official Test window.<\/p>\n Although there are currently no club games scheduled for 1 November, asked if Edinburgh would release Venter for the Boks\u2019 match against Wales<\/a> on 29 November, the same day Edinburgh host Scarlets<\/a> in the URC, Everitt said: \u201cThat\u2019ll be a discussion for later.\u201d<\/p>\n After Storm Amy forced the postponement of last Friday\u2019s visit of Ulster, Edinburgh are likely to have to play the rearranged fixture in an international window, either next month or during the Six Nations<\/a> period, with no other free weekends in the season\u2019s calendar.<\/p>\n Everitt says he has \u201cno idea\u201d yet when the game might be played, with URC officials still discussing an alternative date with the competition broadcasters Premier Sports.<\/p>\n \u201cI do see that the South African teams are playing some of their derby games during the Six Nations break, but I don\u2019t have a date yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t predict when teams are going to fall out of the European Cup either and who that is going to be, so we\u2019re waiting with bated breath to see when that game will take place.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite a lack of match action on Friday, Everitt intends to stick with his original plan to rotate some of the players who would have started against Ulster.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was extremely disappointing because we prepared really well for the game,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I think Covid has taught us how to deal with these disruptions. The guys are pretty resilient with regards to that. We have to pretend that the game has been played and move on to a team that we had previously selected for Munster.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve planned these five weeks quite meticulously with regards to selection because it\u2019s important that we do rotate our group within these five [URC] rounds to give everyone a decent opportunity to get some rhythm for selection, with the November Test series coming up as well as 10 weeks in a row in December and January.<\/p>\n \u201cThere might be guys who were named in the starting line-up last week \u2013 not many \u2013 who might not be included this week. But we\u2019ve also got guys that are returning from injury, which we\u2019ve also planned, and we need to get them on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n As well as Venter\u2019s return, summer signing Dylan Richardson<\/a>, the Scotland hooker-cum-back-row, could be set for his Edinburgh debut after negotiating two full weeks of training following a back injury, while another new arrival, lock Callum Hunter-Hill<\/a>, plus flanker Ben Muncaster<\/a>, are also close to a return from back issues.<\/p>\n Fly-half Cammy Scott is available again to back up Ben Healy<\/a>, with Ross Thompson<\/a> still likely to miss the next two games as he recovers from a toe injury. 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