When it comes to much-overdue Springbok activity in the medium term, uncertainty still reigns supreme: but at least one shaft of pleasant light presented itself over the weekend to frustrated masterminds Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber.
Lood de Jager, partner to Eben Etzebeth in the incumbent first-choice lock department, got through 40 largely successful comeback minutes in the second half of Sale Sharks' visit to Harlequins in the English Premiership on Saturday.
SA player-laden Sale slipped to fifth on the table while London-based Quins shifted into third after winning the key meeting 24-12.
