Wednesday is D-Day for Kolbe

Western Province coach Allister Coetzee has given star back Cheslin Kolbe until Wednesday to prove his fitness, ahead of their Currie Cup crunch match with the Golden Lions in Johannesburg.


Kolbe is suffering from a hyperextension of his knee, which happened in Western Province's win over the Eastern Province Kings last Friday.


Coetzee is hopeful that the fleet-footed fullback will be able to get over the injury that may, or may not, involve a measure of bone bruising.


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