The Cape Town club progressed to the semi-finals of the United Rugby Championship<\/a> after a 44-21 success at DHL Stadium, but victory may have come at a cost.<\/p>\n Feinberg-Mngomezulu was injured in the act of scoring a try and was later spotted on crutches, with head coach John Dobson suggesting the Springboks<\/a> playmaker could face a long lay-off.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looks pretty serious, to be honest,\u201d said Dobson of Feinberg-Mngomezulu\u2019s injury. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously going for a scan. The doctors have given me some feedback, but it looks like a proper ankle injury.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was cramping a bit before then and looked uncomfortable when he started running back. We haven\u2019t confirmed anything yet, but it\u2019s concerning.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a big blow. But whenever we take a knock, this group tends to pull together and fight. We\u2019ve lost probably the most in-form young player in world rugby the week before a semi-final, which is far from ideal. But the way Jurie Matthee is playing and the fight in this squad gives me confidence that we\u2019ll find a way.\u201d<\/p>\n The 24-year-old has established himself as one of world rugby\u2019s most exciting talents, and made the South Africa No 10 shirt his own during an excellent 2025.<\/p>\n Any possible absence would be a major blow to Rassie Erasmus ahead of a huge year of international action with the launch of the Nations Championship and inaugural Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry series against New Zealand.<\/p>\n The Springboks begin their Nations Championship campaign against England in Johannesburg on 4 July,<\/a> and also face Wales and Scotland in the new competition. They face the All Blacks in four Tests later in the year.<\/a><\/p>\n Back rower Kwagga Smith is another major injury doubt, with reports in Japan suggesting he has suffered a serious knee injury.<\/p>\n The Stormers will visit Leinster in their semi-final next Saturday, while Glasgow Warriors will host the Bulls. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[209036,209035,209037,2169,5903,101,56,54,55,141940],"class_list":["post-614218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-209036","tag-dhl-stadium","tag-dhl-stormers","tag-edinburgh","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-urc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sacha](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01K906ACY9JSJAE1KXPV8RZVSR.jpg\")
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is one of rugby’s brightest talents (PA)<\/p>\n