{"id":13243,"date":"2012-08-07T02:10:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T00:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/rugby-s-africas-burger-out-of-rugby-championship\/"},"modified":"2012-08-07T02:10:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T00:10:12","slug":"rugby-s-africas-burger-out-of-rugby-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-s-africas-burger-out-of-rugby-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-S.Africa&#8217;s Burger out of Rugby Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CAPE TOWN, AUG 6 &#8211; South Africa&#8217;s talismanic flank Schalk<br \/>\nBurger has been ruled out of the inaugural four-nation Rugby<br \/>\nChampionship and in-form JP Pietersen will miss most of the<br \/>\ntournament.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Burger, capped 68 times, injured his knee at the end of<br \/>\nFebruary but there has been no progress in his rehabilitation<br \/>\naccording to Allister Coetzee, coach of his club Stormers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The position with Schalk is very frustrating and we are<br \/>\ngoing to get a full assessment shortly from a physician on where<br \/>\nit should be taken from here but you can take it as read that we<br \/>\nwon&#8217;t see Schalk play before the end of this season,&#8221; Coetzee<br \/>\ntold the Supersport.com website.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without even looking at the physician&#8217;s report, we are<br \/>\nwriting him off for the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pietersen, a 26-year-old veteran of 45 tests, suffered a<br \/>\nfracture of the thumb during the weekend&#8217;s Super Rugby final<br \/>\nand will undergo surgery on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has recalled Stormers centre<br \/>\nJuan de Jongh, a 2011 World Cup player and a controversial<br \/>\nomission from the original squad, in Pietersen&#8217;s place.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old De Jongh made his Springbok debut against<br \/>\nWales in 2010 and has 10 test caps.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We decided to pick Juan as he provides midfield cover, an<br \/>\narea where we are perhaps a bit thin now that JP is out,&#8221; Meyer<br \/>\nsaid in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Losing JP is obviously a massive blow as he&#8217;s been playing<br \/>\nsome superb rugby lately, but Juan has also been in good form<br \/>\nfor the Stormers and was one of the unlucky players to miss out<br \/>\non initial selection.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Rugby Championship replaces the Tri-Nations this year<br \/>\nwith Argentina joining the existing line-up of South Africa,<br \/>\nAustralia and New Zealand. South Africa finished last in last<br \/>\nyear&#8217;s Tri-Nations, with just one win in four matches.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ken Borland; Editing by Brian Homewood)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE TOWN, AUG 6 &#8211; South Africa&#8217;s talismanic flank Schalk Burger has been ruled out of the inaugural four-nation Rugby Championship and in-form JP Pietersen will miss most of the tournament. 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