Rugby-Springboks draft in centre Am as replacement for Mapimpi

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby Championship - South Africa v Australia - Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa - July 8, 2023 South Africa's Lukhanyo Am in action with Australia's Samu Kerevi REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - South Africa have called up outside centre Lukhanyo Am as an injury replacement for wing Makazole Mapimpi, adding the 2019 World Cup winner to their squad for the current tournament in France, officials confirmed on Monday.

Mapimpi was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with a facial fracture sustained in the 49-18 victory over Tonga on Sunday that took the Springboks to the brink of a quarter-final place.