Jean De Villiers injury might rule him out of Rugby World Cup 2015
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Springbok captain Jean De Villiers is set to be out of rugby for at least eight months following the knee injury suffered during South Africa's 12-6 loss to Wales on Saturday. At this stage it looks unlikely that he'll be fit in time for the World Cup.
De Villiers twisted his knee under in a ruck 17 minutes into the second half in Cardiff. His cries of pain could be heard on the live feed, and just as commentator Jonathan Davies said that there won't be replays because of the ugly nature of the injury, one was shown.
The 33-year-old centre went in for the turnover, but was cleared out and as…