FILE PHOTO: South Africa's Marcell Coetzee breaks past Argentina's Marcelo Bosch and Santiago Fernandez (on ground) during their rugby union test match in Cape Town, August 18, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa loose-forward Marcell Coetzee is out of the Rugby World Cup after it was confirmed he will undergo ankle surgery on Wednesday that will sideline him for 12 weeks.
Coetzee was replaced after 17 minutes of Saturday’s 24-18 World Cup warm-up victory over Argentina in Pretoria but coach Rassie Erasmus said he was hopeful the Ulster back-rower would be available when he names his 31-man squad on Aug. 26.
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