{"id":291145,"date":"2023-09-14T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=291145"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:34:43","slug":"south-africas-malcolm-marx-ruled-out-rwc-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/rugby-union\/south-africas-malcolm-marx-ruled-out-rwc-with-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&apos;s Malcolm Marx ruled out RWC with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>South Africa&#8217;s Rugby World Cup hopes are dealt huge blow as Malcolm Marx is ruled out of the tournament with knee injury&#8230; but 2019 hero Handre Pollard could earn a shock recall<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Malcolm Marx has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup with a knee injury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The prop started in South Africa&#8217;s 18-3 win over Scotland on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Springboks will call up a replacement next week\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s World Cup defence has been dealt a blow after hooker Malcolm Marx was ruled out the tournament with injury.<\/p>\n<p>The star of the Bomb Squad suffered a long-term knee injury in training and is now set to return home just one game into the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Bongi Mbonambi is the other specialist hooker in the squad, while Deon Fourie and Marco van Staden also have experience of the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are extremely disappointed for Malcolm,\u2019 said coach Jacques Nienaber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/11\/75425401-0-image-a-1_1694688634521.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Springboks prop Malcolm Marx has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/11\/75425285-0-image-a-2_1694688640232.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marx started in South Africa&#8217;s 18-3 win over Scotland on Sunday in Marseille\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It&#8217;s tragic that his campaign has ended this way.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As a team we will remain in contact with him, as we do with all injured players, and support him as much as we can through the recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have enough cover at hooker with Bongi [Mbonambi] and Deon [Fourie] in the squad, while Marco [van Staden] has also been training there and has been named on all our team sheets so far as a hooker option.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We&#8217;ll assess our needs for the rest of the tournament and confirm who we are calling up as an additional player later this week.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Marx, who was not included in the matchday squad to face Romania in Bordeaux on Sunday, went down at training on Wednesday after having his knee caught in contact.<\/p>\n<p>One of the leading hookers in world rugby, Marx has also been a strong ball carrier for the Springboks and a key source of turnovers at the breakdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/12\/75425465-12517875-image-a-17_1694690180795.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Handre Pollard could be handed a surprise recall by the Springboks for the World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Nienaber believes he has enough cover at hooker, despite Mbonambi being the only remaining specialist number two, opening the possibility of a recall for flyhalf Handre Pollard or centre Lukhanyo Am.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were not deemed fit enough when the World Cup squad was announced on August 8 but both played a major role in the team&#8217;s 2019 triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Pollard, whose accuracy off the kicking tee has been missed, has been in training with his English club Leicester Tigers in recent weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12517875\/Malcolm-Marx-Rugby-World-Cup-injury-Springboks-Handre-Pollard-South-Africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s Rugby World Cup hopes are dealt huge blow as Malcolm Marx is ruled out of the tournament with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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