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Article: De Villiers is back.(Sports)

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August 23, 2006
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BYLINE: Kevin McCallum

As expected, Jake White today named just one change to his starting line-up for Saturday's Vodacom Tri-nations Test at Loftus Versfeld, although the injury jinx that has plagued his team these past two weeks struck once more.

Juan Smith was sent off for a scan today to determine the seriousness of an injury to his left quadricep. Last week he injured his right hamstring.

"He's gone off now to get checked and we'll know more this afternoon," said White. "It was his right hamstring last week and now it is his left quad. I have a couple of options to replace him, if need be. There are a couple of options to replace him. ...

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