Whiteley out for another 6 weeks

Springboks captain Warren Whiteley will be sidelined for another six weeks with a groin injury and will likely miss South Africa’s first four games of the Rugby Championship, including the trip to New Zealand.

Springboks coach Allister Coetzee says that Whiteley has not yet recovered from an injury he sustained in June that forced him out of the third test against France. hiteley also missed the end of the Super Rugby season for the Lions, who lost to the Crusaders in Saturday’s final. —