SPRINGBOK coach Rassie Erasmus has admitted there has been a reprimand of sorts to youngster Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu for not confessing that he was carrying an injury during the two-Test series against the All Blacks.
The 22-year-old has had surgery on a knee problem, and will next be available for the Boks when they tour the United Kingdom in November.
Erasmus says he would have preferred the talented flyhalf to have confessed to his injury, but he understands why Feinberg-Mngomezulu chose to play on and not squander his big chance.
Sacha will only be ready for the end-of-year tour. He injured his knee before the first Test against the All Blacks and he played in that game, Erasmus said after making 10 changes to the team for Saturdays Rugby Championship clash against Argentina in Santiago del Estero (11pm SA time kick-off).
The next week on the Wednesday, I asked him why he was limping, and he said he injured his knee the previous week. I wanted to pull him out of that team because he was limping, on the field even.
