Cornell du Preez: ‘Doctors only usually deal with my injury in car crashes’ | Gerard Meagher

The Worcester and Scotland forward will return to action on Saturday seven months after a fractured larynx left him unable to talk and considering retirementCornell du Preez’s determination to continue his career never dimmed. Not when the doctors told him his throat injury was the kind sustained by car crash victims, not when he had to eat through a tube in his nose after countless operations and not even when he was left unable to speak for a month. So it is testament to the Worcester back‑rower’s character that he makes his comeback on Saturday after seven months out of action.Du Preez was …