Schalk out of action

Schalk Burger is out of action for up to six months after getting a neck injury during the team's Test against Scotland in Port Elizabeth on saturday.

A scan of revealed nerve root compression and the player will have to undergo an operation,

SA Rugby's website statement said Burger would miss the Test against France in Cape Town on Saturday and most likley the away leg of the tri-nations series, and the tests in novemeber against England and Ireland.