Springboks Call Up Ireland-based Kleyn As Injury Ends Nortje's Tour

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springboks call up irelandbased kleyn as injury ends nortjes tour

Rugby World Cup-winning lock Jean Kleyn has been called up to the Springbok squad ahead of Sunday's Test against Scotland in Edinburgh.

Kleyn, 31, comes in for Ruan Nortje, who suffered a leg injury in training on Wednesday. The injury has ruled the Bulls skipper out of the Boks' three-game UK tour.

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Kleyn, who earned his seventh Test cap for South Africa in last year's Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand in Paris, will join the Bok fold for the first time this year.

He was laid low by an eye injury and only returned to action for Irish club Munster in the URC in September.