Eben Etzebeth has returned from damage to the perfect time for the club and the place with sharks competing in the quarter -finals of this weekend United Rugby and Springboxing ready to start a program of 13 tests this year.

Etzebeth played his first full match in five months when Shark beat scarlets two weeks ago to provide a fourth place in the order of regular URC season and a home game against AMMUNITION in the last eight in Durban on Saturday.

There were concerns about the future of the 33-year-old played when he was expelled after suffering a shock in a win over Exeter’s chiefs in the European Champions Cup in early December.

However South AfricaThe most caught international said his body was rested and fresh.

“It was definitely disappointing with the shock,” He told reporters in the construction of clash against Munster.

“There is no really a time limit on it, it’s about your symptoms and the way you respond to certain treatments. So I’ll think,” I’ll probably get back within a week of a week “and then it’s a little longer”

“And then I chose a hamstring (damage) and had to sit a little more.”

This injury came to a training camp with Springbox and meant that Etzebeth made a return in mid -April with a small portion of replacement appearances.

There was more concern when a knee knock saw him flee after 28 minutes against Osperys at the beginning of the month, but he made a speedy recovery to play a full game on May 17th.

“It was good to take it the first 80 minutes against the scarlets under the belt,” he added. “Goodbye when you play 20 here or 60 there, but when you finally get a full game, you really feel like you are in the mix again.”

His return will come as an incentive for Springbox coach Rassie Erasmus, who plans to use match against July Ital AND GEORGIA To bleed the youngest players along with the likes of World Cup winner Etzebeth.