Carlu Sadie: From career threatening injury to the green and gold

It will be an incredible moment for Carlu Sadie (right) when he makes his official Springbok debut, which will likely happen within the next month, after he suffered a life and career threatening injury at the start of last year.

- Ross Roche

Sadie made his first appearance for the Boks over the past weekend, when he started in their match against the invitational Barbarians in Gqeberha, but it was a non-Test encounter.

He thus still has to wait for his first Bok cap, but it should arrive sooner rather than later, after he was named in the Springbok squad for their first four games of the season.

They will take on England, Scotland and Wales in a home run of Nations Championship games in July, followed by a one-Test against Los Pumas in Argentina at the start of August, following which another squad will be named for their series against the All Blacks.

Sadie will be competing for a spot as one of the Boks tighthead props in the match 23, against the likes of Wilco Louw, Thomas du Toit and Zachary Porthen.

Louw is likely to be the Boks only nailed on tighthead, while for Du Toit it will depend on what side of the scrum he will be playing on, as he plays both loosehead and tighthead.