Southern Kings injury report

First choice flyhalf Kurt Coleman, who sustained a quad muscle injury, is expected to be available for selection to the Southern Kings team that will face Zebre in their fourth round PRO14 match in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

The Kings have also been boosted by the news that captain Michael Willemse does not have a broken hand following Saturday's 31-10 loss to Leinster in Port Elizabeth.

"Minor bumps and bruises but nothing that should result in any of our players being unavailable for this weekend’s match against Zebre," said Kings team doctor Clement Plaatjies.

Lock Dries van Schalkwyk is also nursing a soft-tissue injury to his left ankle. He initially sustained this in the match against Connacht but it flared up again against Leinster. Both players are expected to recover in time for this weekend’s encounter with Zebre.

Props Entienne Swanepoel and Rossouw De Klerk would be available for selection. The pair had sat out for the match against Leinster after both suffered head injuries against Connacht and then subsequently failed their mandatory head injury assessments.

Absent from the Kings training session on Monday morning were scrumhalf Rudi van Rooyen, who was suffering from neck spasms, and lock Jurie van Vuuren, who is on a course of antibiotics to treat a minor leg infection.

Saturday’s match against Zebre takes place at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and kick-off is at 19:35 local time.