Injured South Africa hooker Malcolm Marx ruled out of Rugby World Cup
South Africa have announced Malcolm Marx has been ruled out of the remainder of the Rugby World Cup through injury.
The hooker sustained a knee injury in training and will not feature in any of the Springboks’ remaining fixtures, including Sunday’s match against Romania in Bordeaux.
This comes after the forward played 58 minutes in South Africa’s opening 18-3 win over Scotland last week as they began their defence of their 2019 crown.
South Africa will not call up a replacement for the 64-cap Marx and their head coach, Jacques Nienaber, said another utility forward, Marco van Staden, has also been training at hooker.
“First and foremost, we are extremely disappointed for Malcolm, and we wish him all the best in his recovery,” said Nienaber.
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“He’s been working very hard to be in the best form possible for the tournament, and it’s tragic that his campaign has ended this way. As a team we will remain in contact with him, as we do with all injured players such as Lukhanyo [Am], Handre [Pollard] and Lood [de Jager], and support him as much as we can through the recovery process.”