Is Bongi still in Bok picture? Rassie explains the situation
For this weekend’s second Test between the Boks and All Blacks in Cape Town, veteran 39-year-old Deon Fourie will serve as back-up hooker to Marx.
Veteran Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi could be in line for a recall to the national team later this year if he successfully returns from injury with the Sharks, which would help out the overworked Malcolm Marx.
Last year Marnus van der Merwe, Johan Grobbelaar and Jan-Hendrik Wessels were the players to get chances to impress at hooker, and this year it has been Grobbelaar and Wessels, but none have been able to nail down the back-up hooker role.
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