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Springbok hero Cheslin Kolbe leaves pitch in tears after being carted off
By Kim Ekin
The Springboks camp face a nervous wait after South Africa's 2019 World Cup hero Cheslin Kolbe left Toulon's match against Lyon on a cart.
He appeared to suffer a foot injury after scoring a try late in the first half.
Toulon's No 14 injected into the back line on the opposite side where he took the outside on Lyon's centre.
Kolbe had enough pace to slice through and evaded a cover tackle by diving across the line to score in the 36th minute.
He attempted to roll back upright in one motion before immediately clutching at his right foot and falling back to the ground.
Medics and teammates rushed to his attention as a visibly upset Kolbe lay on the ground holding his foot.
The 29-year-old was carted off the 4G surface at Stade de Gerland with fears now that the star could miss the World Cup in France which is less than six months away.
France's TV broadcaster Canal+ reported that he had suffered a sprained ankle as he bounced off the ground but he will likely undergo scans will confirm the extent of the injury.
Kolbe’s time at Toulon has been marred with injuries but this season he had found some consistency on the right wing.
After six outings in the first 15 weeks, the Springbok star had played eight straight rounds in the Top 14 as well as two Challenge Cup games.
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I was at this match. Jordie Barrett earned his money with a massive hit to slow a connaught attack to win the math when Leinster had 14 in the last few mins. Mack Hansen had a real go at the refereeing after citing a serious head hits on Iaone and Aki.
connaught were up for this. Snyman tried a trademark dirty after, and the onnaught 4 and the onnaught pack absolutely laid into him.
Leinster hose to kick to the corner when only winning by 5 with 10 left and qith only 2 tries scored. onnaught should have punisihed them for that utter stupidity after they broke out and Leinster yellowed to stop the attack.
13 changes from last week. It seems teams are scoring about 10 points less against Leinster this year. With Neinaber in his second year, the new attack coah established, surely they will be a bigger threat in champions up? Or will the attack recgress further.
They must adopt the SA philosophy of take your 3 pointers and the bonus points will come.
connaught back line inluding Iaone, Murphy, Aki, Forde, cordero is the seond best in Ireland surely. Leinster were lucky here
Go to commentsShould have played more for England but he jumped ship just as he was breaking through.
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