Rulani Mokwena Confirms Serious Injury to Rushine De Reuck!

Rulani Mokwena Confirms Serious Injury to Rushine De Reuck! The defender will be side-lined for an extended period.

Rushine De Reuck suffered a freak injury while on pre-season with Mamelodi Sundowns. Head coach Rulani Mokwena confirmed that he has already had surgery.

The Brazilians are currently in Netherlands until next week, where they are preparing for the new campaign. They played the first of four friendly matches on Friday [21 July 2023].

It was during training when this freak accident occurred.

“It was a very freaky incident at training, and it was a pity because he had played the first match of the first friendly [matches] and he had played very, very well,” Mokwena revealed to the club website.  

“He returned back in very, very good shape, but he landed awkwardly and then felt a very sharp pain in and around the knee. Upon observation the doctors felt that instead of being very conservative, the time frame for the layout would be the same as a conservative approach and yet you could get probably greater long-term benefits if you weren’t a little bit more on the surgical route.

“[After thorough] consultation with a knee specialist and with Rushine, we felt that the right approach was to go surgical. The surgery went well, he is already home, and the players had him on the phone and we all wished him a speedy recovery.

“Hopefully he’ll be back in time to still continue and make a great contribution to this season because he has got qualities for sure that make us believe that he can be one of our best centre-backs.

“[We wish him] a speedy recovery and he knows that our well wishes are with him and I’m sure because he’s a strong, strong boy, and because also it’s not as bad as it was anticipated upon first observation. I’m sure the boy will be back sooner than later.” He concluded.

The Brazilians have three more friendly matches in the Netherlands. Rulani Mokwena Confirms Serious Injury to Rushine De Reuck!