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Aaron Wainwright suffered an injury against Argentina(Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency Ltd)<\/p>\nWales have been handed a big injury boost for the upcoming game against the SpringboksAaron Wainwright suffered an injury against Argentina(Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency Ltd)<\/p>\n
Wales have been handed a significant boost after star backrower Aaron Wainwright was declared fit to face South Africa on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Wales will be without 13 players for the clash against the world champions due to the game falling outside of World Rugby’s designated international window.<\/p>\n
Wainwright was forced to pull out of last Saturday’s defeat to the All Blacks because of a hip injury.<\/p>\n
But he has been declared fit to play in what will come as a relief for head coach Steve Tandy given the strength of the Springboks pack<\/p>\n
“He’s back training this week so he’s in contention to play,” said Wales attack coach Matt Sherratt.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think the pressure’s ever off in international rugby and you’re playing the world champions at home.<\/p>\n
“We’re desperate to put a performance on the field and back the players we’ve got available to us.<\/p>\n
“We saw some improvements in our transitional game and our kick and return game against the All Blacks – and this week against a team who are very good at it we’ll try to improve again.”<\/p>\n
Wales have brought their team announcement forward by 24 hours but Sherratt insists there is no hidden agenda behind the decision.<\/p>\n
“That’s probably more of a question for Steve than me,” said Sherratt.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think there was a huge amount of background to it but when we knew it we wanted to get it out there as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n
“So, there’s no hidden agendas or anything from my understanding of it.”<\/p>\n
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