Redelinghuys sustained the injury during the Springboks' 30-23 victory over the Pumas in Nelspruit and will be sidelined for up to six weeks.

The player won’t be travelling with the team to Argentina this week has been replaced in the team by the Sharks prop, Lourens Adriaanse.

The scrumhalf, Francois Hougaard, is also still nursing a knee injury and will also miss the trip to South America.

The players that weren’t part of last week’s test but will be travelling with are Malcom Marx, Trevor Nyakane, Franco Mostert and Morné Steyn.

Meanwhile, the team's coach, Allister Coetzee, says he was satisfied with the win against the Argentines, but not with the manner in which they won.

"The players showed great resilience on Saturday, they stayed calm and stuck to the plan, especially in the last ten minutes. 

"We continue to work and focus on our team cohesion and we know the challenge we will face in Argentina."

The Springboks and Argentina will lock horns on Saturday evening at 21:40.

The Springbok squad - Lourens Adriaanse, Ruan Combrinck, Damian de Allende, Lood de Jager, Juan de Jongh, Faf de Klerk, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Johan Goosen, Bryan Habana, Elton Jantjies, Steven Kitshoff, Vincent Kock, Jaco Kriel, Jesse Kriel, Francois Louw, Malcom Marx, Bongi Mbonambi, Oupa Mohoje, Franco Mostert, Tendai Mtawarira, Trevor Nyakane, Rudy Paige, Morné Steyn, Adriaan Strauss, Warren Whiteley.

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